Fidelity Survey: Mobile Financial Apps Bring Higher ROI
10/29/2014A Fidelity survey found that investors relying upon mobile finance apps are more engaged with their finances, with over 40% earning a 20%-plus return over the past 12 months.
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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.
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posted in October 2014
posted in October 2014
A Fidelity survey found that investors relying upon mobile finance apps are more engaged with their finances, with over 40% earning a 20%-plus return over the past 12 months.
ITG Adopts Machine Learning Techniques to Boost Fills in Dark Pools
10/27/2014To find natural liquidity from investors, ITG launched an optimizer that learns from its trades to allocate different order type combinations across 25 dark venues.
Cyber Risk Is a Top Concern, 84% Tell DTCC
10/23/2014DTCC released its recent "Systemic Risk Barometer" survey showing that cyber risk is among the global financial industry's top five concerns, along with the impact of new regulations.
Droit Taps Industry Veterans as Advisors to Its Derivatives Compliance Platform
10/22/2014Droit Financial Technologies appointed former ISDA CEO Robert Pickel, fintech specialist Mark Beeston, and former UBS executive Seth Cohen to join a new advisory board that will broaden the conversation about derivatives compliance.
Wall Street Seeks Edge From Operational Alpha
10/21/2014Alpha was a front-office term, but now banks and brokers are looking to the middle and back office for profitability.
Speeding Up the SIP Isn't Enough, Say Market Pros at Baruch Conference
10/17/2014Wall Street professionals discussed a plan to create multiple competing aggregators for the Nasdaq SIP as a way to strengthen the market infrastructure.
SIFMA Criticizes SIP Selection Process for Lack of Transparency
10/17/2014Citing conflicts of interest in the voting process for a key market data feed, SIFMA letter presses for answers and for brokers and asset managers to get a seat at the table.
After Scandals & Ethical Lapses, Financial Industry Needs a Code of Conduct
10/15/2014A financial markets trade body is bringing a model code of conduct to participants who work in interest rates, FX, commodities, and derivatives. After a series of fines, can this help banks repair their reputations?
Hedge Funds Gain Access to Data on Prime Services, Swaps & Funding Costs
10/13/2014S3 will distribute counterparty analytics through Portware to help hedge funds and asset managers understand the costs of prime services, swaps, and custody services.
Quantcha's Search Engine Helps Retail Investors Find & Analyze Options Strategies
10/10/2014The startup has launched an options search engine that filters and analyzes thousands of strategies based on an investor's stock price forecast, trade budget, and risk/reward parameters.
Buy Side Vets Research Providers with Standardized Questions
10/8/2014Buy-side concerns over insider trading led Castine Consulting and Integrity Research to launch a cloud-based platform that standardizes due diligence questionnaires posed to research providers.
Nvestly Launches Social Investment Platform for the Average Person
10/7/2014The real-time platform is geared to Millennials who can use its social media features to share and compare returns with friends and other investors.
BGC Partners Hires Trading Tech Veteran as CIO
10/6/2014The interdealer broker hired fixed income technology expert Eric Hirschhorn to serve as chief information officer to expand its hybrid and electronic trading businesses.
Raymond James CIO Focuses on Ease of Use
10/6/2014Raymond James�s financial advisers are becoming more productive, partially through the use of new technology and data analytics provided by the firm�s IT group, led by Vincent Campagnoli.
Tabb Report: Capital Markets Trading Activity Consolidates in 10 Datacenters
10/3/2014After a 10-year building boom that led to excess capacity, datacenters with access to matching engines and liquidity are gaining the edge, Tabb Group reports.
Fidelity Labs Takes Innovation to the Next Level
10/2/2014Fidelity Labs is running a pilot on LinkedIn that lets financial advisers interact with their book of customers. That's just one example of how the tech incubator is seeding ideas and developing future products for its parent company.
The New Race to Zero
10/2/2014The low-latency trading race is almost over, but the in-memory analytics race is just beginning.
Exclusive: Inside the GETCO Execution Services Trading Floor
Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of the New York trading floor of GETCO Execution Services, the solutions arm of GETCO.
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