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 September 2012
9/27/2012
Unlike the U.S. marketplace, the push to rein in high-frequency traders through regulations is underway in Europe and Canada, but it remains to be seen whether the new rules will work or bring unintended consequences.
9/25/2012
The platform now offers full infrastructure outsourcing —including FIX and non-FIX-based connectivity— to buy side customers as they grapple with the complexity of running technology infrastructure for multi-asset trading and the operational needs of new regulations.
9/24/2012
In his Senate Hearing testimony last week, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of Tabb Group, advised the SEC and Congress to stop granting exchange and ATS licenses, among other remedies.
9/24/2012
The Australian hedge fund manager will utilize TradingScreen's EMS, TradeSmart, to trade equities, derivatives and FX via the software-as-a-service model..
9/21/2012
In his Senate Hearing testimony on Thursday, Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of Tabb Group, advised the SEC and Congress to stop granting exchange and ATS licenses, among other remedies.
9/19/2012
The financial technology provider launches BPool, a new service to capture liquidity across four trading platforms, through a tie-up with BIDS Trading and its matching engine.
9/19/2012
The new ATS will give institutional investors the ability to trade directly with each other, eliminating the need for broker dealers as intermediaries.
9/11/2012
The global exchange operator tapped Robson, a former Thomson Reuters executive, to grow the business of its tech unit, with has connectivity, data and hosted solutions.
9/10/2012
Chicago-based proprietary electronic trading firm Allston Trading LLC appointed Raj Mahajan to CEO role, as the firm looks to expand the business and recruit talent.
9/7/2012
In a strategic move, Nomura will migrate equities trading to Instinet's inindependent agency model in North America, Europe and Asia, while reducing costs of running duplicative businesses.
9/6/2012
Designers of mobile apps for investment managers see the potential for sophisticated performance monitoring tools but also tools that interrogate data.
9/4/2012
In a move to expand its multi-asset class trading functionality, FlexTrade's order management system has become certified to trade U.S. Treasuries via BGC Partners' preferred vendor program.
9/4/2012
The move positions Newedge to offer central counterparty clearing services in the $441 trillion OTC interest rate swaps market.