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 May 2009
5/28/2009
In the coming months, the SEC will be examining sponsored access, dark pools and pre-trade order and quote messages, according to James Brigagliano, the SEC's co-acting director, division of trading and markets.
5/28/2009
Backed by leading financial institutions, ELX is slated to operate in June of 2009 as an alternative to the mainstream futures marketplace.
5/27/2009
NYSE Liffe will act as a central clearing counterparty for the London derivatives market through an agremement with LCH.Clearnet.
5/26/2009
Non-displlayed order book will run in parallel to the existing Chi-X Pan European MTF.
5/22/2009
Celebrities and athletes including Eli Manning, Michael J. Fox and Johnny Damon, came to the firm's trading floor to help raise money.
5/22/2009
New DMA technology allows investors to install servers in the exchange's data center.
5/21/2009
Exchange introduces concept of Deep Value 'microstrategies' to boost trading floor brokers' choice of automated capabilties.
5/19/2009
Brokers will offer buy-side an online portal to aggregate CCA/CSA balances and pay research providers.
5/19/2009
Hedge funds are expecting the government to create a systemic regulator and to require more regular reporting on counterparties and positions,according to consultant/systems integrator Howard Weinstein.
5/19/2009
Derivatives exchange is on track to save $60 million following NYMEX acquisition.
5/18/2009
Turquoise will begin operating TQ Channel in July, alongside its Pan Eurpean MTF.
5/15/2009
Preferred equity trading partners must meet requirements for for execution, technology platforms, capital and performance.
5/14/2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner signaled that regulators would mandate more transparency into OTC derivatives products and force trading of credit default swaps onto exchanges.
5/14/2009
Hedge fund manager selected Citadel for its solid technology and experienced team, according to Wolverine's president.
5/13/2009
An expert in regulatory reporting, Bob Watson will head Brady's LME operations and settlement initiatives.
5/12/2009
The highlight of the program is an exclusive interview with Michael Bienes, an early feeder for Madoff,starting in 1968.
5/12/2009
WFE advocates principles-based regulatikons for short selling to maintain efficient and orderly markets.
5/11/2009
Derivatives exchange forges closer relationships with open source community to communicate its needs.
5/11/2009
The recession combined with access to a worldwide community of developers is driving capital markets firms to adopt open source technologies in increasing numbers.
5/11/2009
Low latency messaging provider releases performance report focusing on persistent operation on commodity hardware.
5/8/2009
Stock trading venue seeks exchange status as it launches a new trading technology platform.
5/7/2009
With the Global Research Settlement expiring in July, and declining asset values on the buy-side, there is less money available to pay for independent research.
5/7/2009
Nasdaq OMX said Pan European dark pool will accept non-block trades and internalized order types.
5/6/2009
New schema for RIXML puts in place best practices around tagging investment research.
5/6/2009
IIROC of Canada to use FIX Protocol for market surveillance and transaction reporting.
5/5/2009
The new 'mini-prime' model demands real-time risk management and execution reports.
5/5/2009
LeveL's low-cost, low-latency dark pool is now accessible through the multi-asset smart order routing and connectivity offering, which reaches over 350 destinations.
5/4/2009
Citing growth in emerging markets debt, Knight adds to sales and trading staff.
5/4/2009
Direct Edge said it ranked third among all U.S. equity markets, with 19 percent handled market share and 12.54 matched mararket share, respectively.
5/1/2009
BATS Offers Rebate for Removing Liquidity via Dark Scan