Profile of Ivy Schmerken

Editor at Large Member Since: 5/8/2014
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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.

STAC Benchmark Council Approves Specification for Testing Direct-Feed Solutions

9/26/2008
Goal is to allow trading firms to compare vendor solutions on an apples-to-apples basis.

The Rush to Regulate Credit Default Swaps

9/25/2008
On Tuesday, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox called for giving the agency the authority to regulate credit default swaps.

Will the Buy Side Shift Trading Relationships to Agency Brokers?

9/23/2008
As Bulge Brackets Pull Back on Liquidity, Agency Brokers and Super Regional Banks Step up to the Plate

The Real Cure for Naked Short Selling

9/22/2008
One of our readers has commented on the story "SEC Bans Short Selling on Financial Stocks In Wake of Criticism" posted Friday.

SEC Bans Short Selling on Financial Stocks In Wake of Criticism

9/19/2008
Short sellers ganged up on the stocks of Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and State Street.

Merrill Lynch’s Makeover: BofA Will Lower Risk Profile, According to TowerGroup’s Hegarty

9/17/2008
Bank gets wealth management technology and position in electronic trading space.

Lehman's Rescue and Barclays' Reversal

9/17/2008
This is a huge reprieve for thousands of Lehman employees that were losing their jobs and heading into an industry that is shrinking by the day.

Traders Moved Credit Derivatives Positions Ahead of Lehman's Bankruptcy

9/16/2008
Industry uses complex novation process via e-mail to transfer counterparty risk.

More on Lehman's Bankruptcy and NYSE Specialist Operations

9/16/2008
Goldman Sachs has stepped into run Lehman Brothers' specialist operations on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, according to a statement from NYSE Euronext issued yesterday.

Exegy Launches Marketdatapeaks.com along with Xasax and Financial Information Forum

9/15/2008

Counterparty Risk Is a Top Concern in the Wake of the Credit Crisis

9/15/2008
Buy-side firms have shifted their attention to counterparty risk in the wake of Bear Stearns and now they are focusing on credit default swaps.

A Wild Weekend Ends with Lehman's Collapse and Merrill's Sale

9/15/2008
We all woke up this morning - or went to bed last night at midnight - to find that the Wall Street world as we know it has forever changed with Lehman Brothers filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch sold to Bank of America.

Are Third-Party Smart Order Routers the Best Option for Options Investors?

9/15/2008
OptionsXpress raises concerns about conflicts of interest inherent in third-party smart order routers.

Tora Trading Implements Trading Metrics to Monitor Latency Across DMA Brokers

9/14/2008
Asia Pacific EMS Provider Finds that Bottlenecks Lie with Exchanges

The New Breed of Hyperactive Traders

9/14/2008
Last week, I visited Lightspeed Trading, a direct access brokerage firm that caters to the hyperactive retail trader with institutional caliber technology and trading tools.

Options Exchange Executives Say SEC-CFTC Merger Won't Happen Soon

9/11/2008
Predict More Exchange Consolidation Due to Cost Benefits

Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers Link Their Dark Pools

9/9/2008
Combined pools represent more than 20 percent of dark pool volume in U.S. equities.

Industry Reacts to ITG Study Comparing Trading in Dark Pools to Crossing Networks

9/8/2008
Execution quality through dark aggregators deteriorates as orders bounce around.

Trading Performance in Dark Pools Declines After 30 Minutes

9/4/2008
I sat in on a media briefing that ITG conducted this morning looking at whether trading in dark pools adds value in terms of transaction costs.

Options Trading Volume Dropped 10.5 Percent Over August '07, Marking First Decline in Five Years

9/3/2008
Volatility from credit crisis caused record monthly volume in August of '07

China Development Industrial Bank Outsources Trading Desk to Derivatives.com

9/2/2008
Picks ASP-based solution for opening new multi-strategy, global macro trading desk

Nasdaq OMX Europe Partners with Citi for Order Routing

9/2/2008
First MTF to Offer Pan-European Order Routing Service

Nasdaq OMX Europe Strikes Order Routing Deal with Citi

9/2/2008
Under MiFID, it will become first MTF to offer Pan-European order routing.