Profile of Ivy Schmerken

Editor at Large Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Blog Posts: 2629
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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.

Stressed Out by Compliance, Reputational Damage & Fines?

5/30/2014
Financial services executives are living in a "regulatory pressure cooker." Here's how executives are preparing for the new compliance requirements.

Nasdaq OMX Migrates eSpeed Platform to Its Carteret Datacenter

5/28/2014
On top of performance gains, the move positions Nasdaq OMX to offer electronic trading services to broker dealers who are still relying on voice brokerage and to expand the fixed-income product set.

IEX�s Katsuyama: Market Structure Problems Are Everyone�s Responsibility

5/22/2014
Don�t single out HFT for the market�s problems. Anyone who has worked in the industry during the past two decades has been complicit in corrupting the markets.

TrueEX Processes $750 Billion in Bunched Order Allocations

5/19/2014
The firm's post-trade platform is helping asset managers and FCMs handle "bunched order" allocations for interest rates swaps, a major pain point for the buy-side.

BlackRock to Bring Tradeweb Liquidity into Aladdin Portal

5/15/2014
The asset manager announced a strategic alliance with Tradeweb seeking to expand access to liquidity in rates and derivatives.

Nasdaq OMX Expands Information Offering with Macroeconomic Data

5/14/2014
Today, Nasdaq OMX announced an exclusive relationship with MasterCard to distribute its detailed reports on consumer spending activity to the buy-side community.

Motif Investing Enters Financial Advisor Market

5/13/2014
After raising $35 million in a second funding round, the online site announced a platform for financial advisors along with plans to expand internationally and roll out asset allocation models to self-directed investors.

Nasdaq OMX Rehires Adena Friedman as Co-President

5/12/2014
Friedman is leaving the Carlyle Group to return to Nasdaq OMX, where she is reportedly a candidate to become the next CEO.

Dark Pool for Dealers Addresses Shortfall in Corporate Bond Liquidity

5/8/2014
TMC Bonds and Codestreet have launched the first dealer-only dark pool for US corporate bonds to mine data across a virtual balance sheet.

Javelin's CEO James Cawley Departs SEF

5/5/2014
An advocate for transparency in swaps trading, James Cawley, founder and CEO of Javelin SEF, is parting ways with the derivatives trading platform.

Bloomberg Defends HFT and Dark Pools on CNBC

5/2/2014
Michael Bloomberg told CNBC the system "is not rigged," commissions are dramatically lower, and investors have choices of numerous venues where they can trade.