Profile of Ivy Schmerken
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Ivy is Editor-at-Large for Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology. Ivy is responsible for writing in-depth feature articles, daily blogs and news articles with a focus on automated trading in the capital markets. As an industry expert, Ivy has reported on a myriad number of topics including high frequency trading, algorithmic trading strategies, market structure, electronic trading in fixed income , colocation in data centers, Dodd-Frank regulation and the new derivatives landscape. Ivy meets with software companies and other innovators and writes about cloud computing, OMS/EMSs and other financial technologies.
Articles by Ivy Schmerken
posted in January 2014
1/31/2014
After Nasdaq OMX said it will stop running the securities information processor, the UTP SIP Committee has decided to put the job out for bid, according to sources.
1/30/2014
The global asset manager cites Portware's rich set of decision support analytics and plans to standardize technology, workflows and processes on a single EMS.
1/29/2014
The company hired Tom Conigliaro to head up its Trading Services Group, which will develop the new Trader Dashboard with triggers and streaming inputs to inform buy-side strategies.
1/28/2014
London-based ITRS and Excelian developed a real-time performance monitoring interface for Murex, once considered to be middle office, but sell side customers are now scrutinizing downstream and upstream interdependencies among systems.
1/27/2014
Banks that have written trading applications based on the OpenMAMA API, will have a seamless way to access Redline Trading Solutions' ultra-low latency ticker plant.
1/24/2014
Michael McGovern joined BBH as CIO and head of systems, where he will spearhead technology strategy, application development and systems infrastructure for the privately-held financial institution.
1/23/2014
European IDBs with bank customers will utilize TeraExchange's SEF platform to comply with Dodd-Frank's U.S. person's trading rule.
1/21/2014
The developer of PDQ ATS has hired longtime industry experts Peter Jenkins and James Ross to head up PDQ's institutional equities buy-side solutions.
1/17/2014
Javelin Capital Markets received a regulatory nod from the CFTC to offer an array of interest-rates swaps on its SEF platform, but uncertainty remains for multi-leg trades.
1/14/2014
The London-based maker of portfolio management software offers cross asset capabilities, a sophisticated OMS, and brings along 50 asset management clients.
1/13/2014
FastMatch has retained Caplin Systems to build a front-end for its spot FX matching service.
1/10/2014
The decision by Credit Suisse reflects the new independence of the REDIPlus EMS, a move that has made other brokers more comfortable with joining the platform.
1/9/2014
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman secured an agreement with BlackRock to terminate a survey program that gave the world's largest money manager early access to Wall Street sentiment.
1/8/2014
Tokyo-based Aizawa Securities has outsourced its front-end trading systems to Fidessa amidst changes in the Japanese exchange trading environment.
1/8/2014
The SEC's proposed Regulation SCI includes mandatory requirements to boost resiliency and compliance standards in automated trading systems, but market participants have their doubts and are requesting changes.
1/7/2014
The actor is raising $5 million for his tree-free paper company through a Toronto-based crowdfunding portal offering equity stakes to accredited investors and institutions.
1/6/2014
While nearing the completion of its merger with Direct Edge, BATS Global Markets captured 21.7 percent of European equity volume in December, and set a new record in Spain.
1/3/2014
The popularity of "leveraged ETFs" in mutual funds is causing fund administrators to look for software that can automate the tax analysis rather than rely on public audit firms.
1/2/2014
Wall Street's regulator issued its list of examination priorities for 2014, citing firms hiring high risk brokers, suitability, cybersecurity and testing of algorithmic trading systems.