Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

ESignal integrates Market Prophit social media analytics

Interactive Data-owned eSignal is set to give its users direct access to Market Prophit's social media sentiment and buzz indicators.

03 June 2014

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More data needed to crack down on algo abuse - Finra

US regulatory body Finra is currently investigating 170 separate instances of potential market abuse by algorithmic trading firms.

22 May 2014

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Nasdaq OMX adds MasterCard spending reports to data service

Nasdaq OMX has added MasterCard's SpendingPulse and Sector Insights reports to its global data products subscription service, providing buy-side investors with access to detailed information on consumer spending activity.

15 May 2014

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Asic hits out at 'Flash Boys' hysteria

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic) has hit out at media criticism of its apparently laissez-faire approach to high frequency trading and the 'hysteria' which has gripped the markets following the publication of Michael Lewis' damning expose of 'Flash Boy' traders.

29 April 2014

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Instinet names Tony Necakov CTO

Electronic trading and brokerage giant Instinet has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Tony Necakov as chief technology officer.

24 April 2014

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HFT is harmful, say US market participants

More than two thirds of US financial industry participants think that the equity markets are not fair and half consider high-frequency trading harmful, according to a survey from ConvergEx Group.

24 April 2014

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US exchange rows back on commitment to help regulate bitcoin trading platform

The National Stock Exchange (NSX) has moved to play down its relationship with Atlas ATS, insisting that it has not agreed to regulate the bitcoin trading platform.

24 April 2014

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ICE buys Algo Technologies for Nyse overhaul - Bloomberg

IntercontinentalExchange has acquired Algo Technologies and will use the vendor's matching engine to boost the performance of the New York Stock Exchange, according to Bloomberg.

23 April 2014

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Sifma calls for US market move to T+2

Sifma is calling for the US capital markets industry to move to a T+2 settlement lifecylce, as other markets worldwide bid to bridge the gap between trade execution and delivery of financial contracts.

17 April 2014

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MEPs vote to curb high-frequency trading

Members of the European Parliament have voted through new rules designed to clamp down on high-frequency trading 'Flash Boys'.

16 April 2014

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Citi launches block pricing tool on Bloomberg app portal

Citi has become the first broker to use the Bloomberg App Portal to deploy an application to clients around the world.

15 April 2014

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CME Group sued over HFT sneak peek claims

CME Group is being sued by three users, accused of selling sneak peeks at order information to high-frequency traders.

14 April 2014

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Schwab calls on regulators to outlaw the "aggressive cancer" of high-frequency trading

Wading into the raging debate about the impact of high-frequency trading on stock market investing, Charles Schwab has decried the practice as a "growing cancer" that needs to be excised.

04 April 2014

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FBI investigates high-speed trading

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether high-speed traders are breaking the law by acting on non-public information ahead of the wider markets.

01 April 2014

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Wall Street industry group swallows Bitcoin red pill

In a sure sign of the growing business interest in crypto-currencies on Wall Street, the Security Traders Association of New York (Stany) has decided to accept payment in bitcoin for tickets to its Annual Conference and Dinner.

31 March 2014

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Thomson Reuters bids to ward off FX predators with new spot matching rules

Thomson Reuters is proposing changes to spot matching rules on its FX trading platform in an effort to ward off 'phantom pricing' tactics deployed by high-speed trading firms.

25 March 2014

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Nasdaq rethinks Amazon FinQloud venture - FT

US exchange operator Nasdaq is rethinking its FinqCloud venture with e-commerce giant Amazon after the business failed to gain sufficient traction with potential customers, according to the Financial Times.

24 March 2014

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New York attorney general sets sights on co-location

New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has called for tough regulations to tackle practices such as co-location, which he claims give high-frequency traders unfair advantages and distort the market.

18 March 2014

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Liquidnet moves into fixed income market through Vega-Chi acquisition

Institutional trading network Liquidnet is moving into the fixed income market through the acquisition of bond trading platform Vega-Chi. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

18 March 2014

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Third party vendors the winners as trading technology trends shift

Technology innovation in equity markets has changed direction as the race-to-zero latency and the pursuit of high-frequency trading cools, says capital markets consultancy GreySpark partners

13 March 2014