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.

Dealerweb Plans to Move into Treasury Bill E-Trading

5/28/2010
Subsidiary of Tradeweb owned by large banks takes aim at ICAP and BGC Partners.

QSG Announces Release of SYNC

5/27/2010
New trading analytics platform addresses the challenges of 'impact costs' in a high-speed, high frequency driven trading market.

Markit Adds Structured Products to Porfolio Valuations Service

5/26/2010
Markit said extension of Portfolio Valuations service to structured products is in response to client demand.

Caerus Trading Selects Orc Trading

5/25/2010
Amsterdam-based trading firm choses Orc's platform for market making in listed equity and index options.

UNX Secures Funding to Expand into Multi-Asset Trading and Global Markets

5/24/2010
Looks to accelerate build-out of multi-asset trading through its Catalyst EMS and portal to integrate services and tools for buy side.

Latin American Broker Selects FIX Flyer and Daytona for Monitoring

5/24/2010
Firm will deploy the high performance FIX engine and monitoring platform to manage client's order flow and for routing to Bolsa Mexicana.

Pipeline Announces Liquidity Builder

5/24/2010
The new service aggregates liquidity across multiple cash equity and options markets into single blocks.

Bosa De Valores de Columbia Taps Greenline for FIX Testing

5/21/2010
Columbian exchange will use Greenline's VeriFIX to test multiple counterparties, and to support a variety of FIX testing needs to strengthen its trading infrastructure.

More On 'Flash Crash': Why Pick 5-Minute Circuit Breakers?

5/20/2010
In a CNBC video, Joe Mecane, NYSE EVP reacts to the pilot-5-minute circuit breakers and the SEC-CFTC's draft report on what caused the flash crash.

Panopticon Partners with Sybase

5/20/2010
Panopticon's visual interface will interact with Sybase RAP-The Trading Editionl as well Aleri's CEP engine for fast analysis of historical and real-time data.

Lime Brokerage CEO Defends High-Frequency Trading

5/19/2010
Jeff Wecker, CEO of Lime Brokerage, defends HFT and argues the trading strategy adds liquidity and brings efficiency to the markets.

Liquidnet to Host 3rd Event in Series of Forums

5/19/2010
Bringing a fresh approach to the research model, Liquidnet is hosting its third forum this year on mobile marketing and advertising.

Stonebridge Advisors Goes Live with FIX Flyer for Wealth Management

5/18/2010
Stonebridge is utilizing the Flyer Trading Network for real-time trading and intraday account allocations.

Trading Cross Connects Expands Technology Staff

5/18/2010
Incubator of high frequency algo trading teams hires a senior strategy engineer and a senior developer.

Cutwater Asset Management Teams with Calypso on ALM Platform

5/17/2010
The fixed income investment manager partnered with Calpyso to build an asset allocation and portfolio construction application based on the Galapagas technology platform.

Fidessa Connects with Santiago Stock Exchange

5/17/2010
Fidessa is certified to provide member firms with access to the Santiago Stock Exchange, in preparation for major matching engine upgrade.

FinTuition Hires Tom McKeown for Sales and Marketing

5/14/2010
U.K.-based training company in securities finance, hedge funds and collateral management, hires McKeown to expand into North American market.

Update on the 'Flash Crash:' Fat Finger or Perfect Storm?

5/13/2010
The precise cause of last Thursday's 20-minute 'flash crash' is still a mystery to most people on Wall Street and Main Street.

ITG Announces Multi-Asset Portfoilo Algo, Dynamic IS with Futures

5/13/2010
The algorithm can execute baskets containing any mix of stocks and equity index futures.

Credit Agricola Goes Live with Calypso System for FX

5/12/2010
Portuguese banking group expects to save 35 percent in back-office/administrative costs and reduce operational risk.

Advent Launches Tamale RMS 5.0

5/12/2010
New version of research management software allows for customization investment workflows, data integration from multiple sources and improved filtering.

LCH.Clearnet to Lose NYSE Euronext As Clearing Customer

5/12/2010
NYSE Euronext intends to begin clearing for its European securities and derivatives markets from late 2012.

Trading Cross Connects Completes Hosting Facility in Tokyo

5/10/2010
Incubator for high frequency algorithmic trading teams implements data center in Tokyo.

Daiwa Capital Markets America Goes Live with Fidessa's U.S. Trading Platform

5/10/2010
Uses hosted-solution for order management, compliance engine and built-in algorithms.

Theories Abound On Market Meltdown

5/7/2010
Was it a "fat finger" error by a trader, a rogue algorithm or a nervous reaction to the Greece-European debt crisis that caused the stock market meltdown yesterday?

Why Are Rating Agencies Off the Hook?

5/6/2010
One question that boggles the mind is why the rating agencies are being allowed to get away with cloaking sub-prime debt in triple A-ratings?

Eikos Partners Builds Portal for Cantor Fitzgerald's Prime Services Division

5/6/2010
The portal integrates all asset classes into a single environment, and was built with Microsoft Silverlight to enhance the user experience.

Advent Software Opens Office In Singapore

5/5/2010
With Advent's client base in Asia doubling over the past 12 months, the new office will service users of Geneva as well as Tamale RMS.

Advent Software Opens Singapore Office

5/5/2010
With Advent's client base in Asia doubling in past 12 months, the office will support clients who depend on Geneva and Tamale RMS in the egion.

CME Group to Tap Xignite's On Demand Platform for Delivery of OTC Derivatives Data

5/4/2010
CME plans to deliver new OTC data services, initially focusing on credit default swaps and energy products, via the on-demand platform.

ITG Cooperates with Fxall on launch of ITG TCA for FX

5/4/2010
The new offering quantifies and evaluates foreign exchange trades versus several benchmarks.

Selerity Hires Jeffrey Otten as Head of Global Sales

5/3/2010
Taps algorithmic news veteran from Thomson Reuters to build out sales network for machine-readable data platform.