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.

Wall Street Rallies on Geithner Pick and Citigroup Bailout

11/24/2008
As many have reported, Geithner is highly respected among Wall Street CEOs where he has been a key decision maker in the credit crisis, specifically in the sale of Bear Stearns.

Mandatory Clearing for CDS, No Surprise

11/24/2008
I'm puzzled by this revelation since I assumed that dealer participation in a CDS clearinghouse was a done deal.

NorthPoint Trading Partners LLC Picks FIX Flyer to Handle Automated Trading Flow

11/20/2008
Prime broker outsources FIX connectivity and integrates with Goldman Sachs Execution and Clearing on back-end.

Bloomberg Partners with Sermo Online Medical Community to Build Healthcare Marketplace for Investors

11/13/2008
Bloomberg partners with online medical community to provide professional investors with access to thousands of practicing physicians.

Goldman Sachs Rolls Out OptimIS, New Implementation Shortfall Algorithm

11/12/2008
Determines whether to 'make or take' liquidity in fast moving markets.

Despite Counterparty Risk, Buy Side May Stick With Bulge Bracket

11/12/2008
Will the buy side abandon bulge-bracket firms -- and their research -- in favor of agency brokers to avoid counterparty risk?

AIG's Bailout Spend: Parties and Seminars, Okay?

11/12/2008
Controversy is swirling again over whether AIG used some of the bailout money it received from Congress to entertain and conduct seminars for financial advisors that sell its products.

AIG's New Bailout Package: Banks Can Unload CDOs

11/12/2008
To give you an idea of how complex this mess is and why it threatened the financial system, AIG wrote insurance (credit-default swaps) contracts on more than $400 billion of complex debt securities.

Buy Side Reevaluates Counterparty Risk and Reliance on Sell-Side Trading Platforms

11/10/2008
With bulge-bracket firms going under, buy-side institutions are scrutinizing their exposure to sell-side execution services and trading platforms.

SR Labs Unveils Risk Tool for Brokers to Control Sponsored Access to Buy-Side

11/10/2008
Brokers can set position limits on hedge funds that work across multiple exchanges and ECNs.

Following Purchase of Hilliard Farber, Tradeweb Gears up to Launch E-Trading IDB Platform for Mortgages in '09

11/6/2008
Tradeweb will keep dealer-to-customer and IDB e-trading plaforms separate.

Risk Models Missed the Human Factor

11/5/2008
There's another story that deserves your attention and one that Senator Barack Obama ought to read before he appoints his cabinet of regulatory czars to fix the financial mess.

Eze Castle Integration Launches Eze Link Converged Communications Service for Hedge Funds

11/3/2008
Connects with SunGard Transaction Network to consolidate access to trading counterparties with FIX, voice and market data