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 June 2003
6/20/2003
With competition heating up in the direct-access space, SunGard Trading Systems/BRASS (booth #s 2411 and 2609) is unveiling a new front-end interface called U2 from which broker/dealers and buy-side institutions can launch smart-order routing to multiple trading destinations.
6/20/2003
Turning the spotlight on equities, Bullrun Financial, Inc. (booth #1740) is launching a portfolio-management tool today that aims to help financial advisers strengthen the client relationship with retail investors.
6/20/2003
Two years ago, IPC Information Systems (booth #1509) led the charge in adopting voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) for trading turrets. This year, IPC is taking it to the next level by demonstrating trading turrets as native IP-devices that can talk to any device with an IP-address.
6/19/2003
An investigation by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) into trading practices by specialist firms has ignited a firestorm of criticism against the exchange from institutional traders.
6/19/2003
Like a patient who has undergone a heart transplant and needs to recover before resuming full activity, the securities industry is still suffering from the corporate scandals and excesses of the Internet bubble.
6/18/2003
Decimal pricing and razor-thin profit margins are pushing wholesale market makers to overhaul their trading operations.
6/18/2003
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is launching a hybrid-trading system with streaming market-maker quotes to counter its all-electronic rival.
6/17/2003
One look at the floor of this years SIA Technology Show will reveal that electronic trading is becoming a prerequisite to doing business.
6/12/2003
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will issue guidelines today for real-time transaction reporting that will impact all municipal securities dealers. The goal is to create a price feed for public dissemination.
6/5/2003
An agreement to sell the American Stock Exchange to GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC for $110 million raises questions about electronic trading.