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.

Articles by Ivy Schmerken
posted in January 2015

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The End of an Era: Farewell to an Icon

1/27/2015
After more than two decades of writing for Wall Street & Technology, I am leaving the media brand. It's time to reflect on our mutual history and the road ahead.

Morgan Stanley Data Theft Exposes Insider Threat & Need for More Restrictions

1/14/2015
In the wake of Morgan Stanley firing a financial adviser for stealing information on 350,000 wealth management clients, experts say financial firms need to "cloak and contain" access to valuable data.

Clearpool Releases Iris Technology to Meet Needs of Evolving Equities Market

1/7/2015
Clearpool Execution Services will use Iris technology to improve the way institutional orders are handled and prioritized in different execution venues.

The Clock For Market Structure Change Is Ticking

1/7/2015
Capital Markets Outlook 2015: The SEC is conducting a broad review of US equity market structure, but the most important proposals are the tick-size pilot, maker-taker rebates, dark pools, and order routing transparency.

Swap Markets Debate Anonymous Trading in SEFs

1/5/2015
Capital Markets Outlook: With more than a year of SEF trading up and running, swap participants are looking at standardized Market Agreed Upon or "MAC" swap products, to fuel anonymous order book trading next year.

IEX Bolsters Information Security With Top Hire From BlackRock

1/5/2015
Benjamin Smith joined IEX as the private trading venue's head of information security last week. In a Q&A, Smith discusses his new role, Regulation SCI, and what exchanges and ATSs can do to combat hackers in 2015.

E-Trading Disruptors Seek Untapped Liquidity in Corporate Bonds

1/5/2015
Capital Markets Outlook 2015: Drawing on consumer tech examples like Spotify and Amazon, a new wave of fixed-income trading platforms is determined to help the buy side find liquidity in corporate bonds.