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.

Is the Buy-Side Risk Function Losing Status?

4/30/2009
A 2009 global survey of investment management risk carried out by SimCorp Strategy Lab revealed that the risk function has lost status in the reporting hierarchy.

Burgundy Picks TNS for Connectivity

4/30/2009
Nordic MTF will rely on TNS's extranet to support the flow of orders and market data between the MTF and its trading participants.

Euroclear Completes Acquisition of Xtrakter

4/29/2009

T3 Live.com: Prop Traders Go Virtual

4/28/2009
Proprietary trading firm TM3 Capital launched an online trading community that reaches out to active traders and shares its positions with subscribers.

optionsXpress Agrees to Acquire Optionetics

4/28/2009
Acquisition of investment education firm will bring in thousands of potential optionsXpress customers, says online options and futures broker.

BT Signs OEM Agreement with Hitachi Com in Japan

4/27/2009
BT Japan taps Hitachi to sell its trading systems and turrets in world's four largest market.

Pipeline Acquires 3D Markets for Block Options Crossing

4/23/2009
Pipeline expands into options asset class as usage grows among institutions.

Liquidnet Rolls Out Million Share-Plus Block Trading Strategy

4/23/2009
Average order sizes climbed to over 1.7 million shares, block trading venue reports.

ITG Adds Dynamic IS to Algo Suite in Europe

4/22/2009
The algo is designed for portfolio and quantitative traders who want to manage risk.

Turquoise and Three Investment Banks Share Latency Data

4/21/2009
MTF and trading participants use CorvilClear to measure inter-party latency throughout infrastructure.

Baikal Picks Fidessa to Develop Smart Order Router

4/21/2009
Baikal Picks Fidessa to Develop Smart Order Router

Pan-European Multilateral Trading Facilities Compete for Survival

4/20/2009
With the proliferation of alternative trading venues in Europe, industry observers expect consolidation among the new multilateral trading facilities.

Pivot Launches Instant Markets for OTC Natural Gas Market

4/20/2009

Fragmented Liquidity in Pan-European Securities Hinders Transparency, Best Execution

4/16/2009
Buy-side traders, struggling with transparency and best execution in a post-MiFID world, call for a consolidated tape as MTFs fragment liquidity and market data.

Will Turquoise Survive the Heated Battle?

4/16/2009
While some degree of consolidation was expected, the recent experience of Turquoise has caused some observers to move up their timetable for consolidation.

Deutsche Bank to Offer Co-location at Australian Stock Exchange

4/16/2009
The bank will place electronic trading equipment at ASX data center to enable high-speed data delivery back to clients.

Chris Concannon to Leave Nasdaq

4/15/2009
Concannon had a key role in re-building Nasdaq's market share against other electronic competitors.

Should European Dark Pools Offer Better Prices?

4/14/2009
NYFIX Euro Millennium is changing its algorithm for matching stocks in response to meetings with the UK's FSA.

BATS Trading Introduces “One Under” Plan, Taking Aim at Nasdaq Fees

4/14/2009
BATS is lowering its routing fee to major exchanges on April 15, in reaction to Nasdaq price increase for removing liquidity.

Global Forex Exchange Trading Volumes Increased Last Year Despite Credit Crisis

4/13/2009
Activity from corporations and financial institutions more than offset the contraction among hedge funds.

SR Labs Introduces Shared Memory Product for Low Latency Trading

4/7/2009
Uses multi-core machine to process market data on same box as high speed trading applications.

SunGard Unveils GL Net Hub in Sao Paulo

4/6/2009
New GL Net hub expands access to BM&F Bovespa for international investors.

BGC Partners Promotes Sadler to CFO

4/3/2009

ASSET4 Introduces Sovereign Supra for Fixed Income

4/2/2009
In current financial crisis, investors want transparent way to analyze sovereign bonds.

Fidessa's Fragmentation Index: Worth Watching

4/1/2009
With the barriers to entry falling and many new MTFs trading Pan- European securities, as a technology vendor, Fidessa had to figure out which ones to connect to.

Beacon Capital Inks Alliance with Broadridge for Less-Liquid Fixed Income Securities

4/1/2009
The deal will help Beacon clients locate difficult-to-find securities in less-liquid fixed-income securities.