Profile of Ivy Schmerken

Editor at Large Member Since: 5/8/2014
Author
Blog Posts: 2629
Posts: 638

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.

Update: Credit Suisse Talks About Reasons for Investing in FTEN

10/31/2008
Cites proxmity to exchanges, low latency trading technology and advanced risk tools required by multiple prime brokers.

Four Wall Street Giants Invest in FTEN’s Risk Technology to Expand Turnkey Solution to Hedge Funds in Europe and Asia

10/30/2008
Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse take stakes to support multi-prime trend and multi-asset offering to hedge funds.

Brokers Hash Out Details of CCA Consortiums to Allay Buy Side Concerns

10/29/2008
Moving commission balances into a neutral entity is under consideration

Buy Side Reevaluates Counterparty Risk and Reliance on Sell-Side Trading Platforms

10/28/2008
With bulge-bracket firms going under, buy-side institutions are scrutinizing their exposure to sell-side execution services and trading platforms.

Wall Street Bonuses in a Bailout Year?

10/28/2008
Wall Street firms are setting aside billions of dollars to make bonus payments to employees after receiving $1.25 in taxpayer money from the government to shore up their balance sheets.

Catching Up With Mike Plunkett

10/23/2008
From my conversations with him, Plunkett is very plugged into industry chatter about setting up a consortium to consolidate CCA balances into a neutral entity.

New Web Site Consolidates Real-Time Market Data Peaks Across U.S. Equities and Options Venues

10/22/2008
Market data pros turn to a new Web site to track surging message rates in real time amid the turmoil.

BOX Seeks SRO Status with Pending SEC Filing

10/21/2008
Wants control over its own destiny because Nasdaq owns its regulator, the Boston Stock Exchange

Michael Douglas' Gekko Character is Back!

10/16/2008
Maybe they can get Angelina Jolie to play the role of Errin Callan, Lehman's former CFO? But who will play the part of Richard Fuld or Jimmy Cayne?

Knight Unveils NetDelta Settlement Platform for Credit Derivatives

10/14/2008
Solution Competes with Multiple CDS Clearinghouse Initiatives

ICE Adds Muscle to CCorp's Central ClearingHouse for Credit Default Swaps

10/13/2008
CME-Citadel team up to work on rival execution and clearing platform as New York Fed weighs in.

An Agency Trader Reflects on Panic Selling

10/10/2008
Despite passage of the Treasury's $700 billion bailout bill to buy troubled mortgage backed securities assets, nothing has worked so far and the credit freeze on short-term lending is causing fears that that the U.S. economy will slip into a long recession.

Kellner Replaces Plunkett As President of Instinet

10/6/2008
Plunkett Leaves to Pursue Other Personal and Business Interests

Wells Fargo Returns to Institutional Brokerage with Wachovia Deal

10/6/2008
Ironically. if Wells Fargo pulls off the merger with Wachovia it could be resuming the very institutional equity trading business it left.

Creditex Rolls out Electronic Auction To Reduce Risk in Credit Default Swaps

10/2/2008
Dealers Adopt Electronic Process to Solve the Problem of Gap Risk