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.

Quandl to Distribute Nasdaq OMX Index Data for Free

7/31/2014
Data portal Quandl forms its first partnership with Nasdaq OMX, providing global indexes to a younger generation of financial analysts.

Hedge Funds Face Compliance Hurdles of AIFMD

7/30/2014
Alternative funds selling to European investors must meet ESMA's strict guidelines for trader reporting, risk controls, and valuations -- similar to SEC's Form PF.

Data Analysis Startup Thinknum Raises $1M in Seed Round

7/28/2014
The financial analysis platform is planning to launch a private platform for hedge funds seeking to keep their models private.

Hiring Trends: Wall Street Regulators in Demand

7/28/2014
High-ranking government officials continue to leave the CFTC, landing lucrative industry jobs.

Barclays Disputes NY Attorney General's Dark Pool Allegations

7/25/2014
Asking a court to dismiss the NYAG's lawsuit, Barclays contends that highly sophisticated traders were not misled about high-frequency traders in its dark pool.

SEC Eyes Cyber-Security Planning

7/22/2014
In addition to regular audits, the SEC will start to scrutinize the cyber-security preparedness of market participants.

Corvil Launches Streaming Analytics Platform to Mitigate IT Risk in Electronic Trading

7/22/2014
To detect risks in electronic trading, Corvil is moving beyond latency management to help banks and exchanges run real-time analytics on petabytes of data that can be migrated to big-data systems.

Why Is the Investor's Personal Rate of Return Missing on Financial Statements?

7/18/2014
Only 25% of statements across the annuity, mutual fund, and brokerage sectors include a "personal rate of return," Dalbar's annual survey says.

Hedge Fund Readiness for AIFMD Is Lacking as Deadline Approaches

7/17/2014
With the July 22 deadline looming, hedge funds are unprepared to meet the AIFMD data reporting requirements, and they worry about compliance costs, two studies say.

TradeKing Enters the Online Advisory Market

7/7/2014
As robo-advisers target independent investors with automated tools, TradeKing teamed with Morningstar's Ibbotson Associates to deliver professionally managed portfolios with low fees.

Cinnober Pledges No Change in Boat Trade Reporting Service After Acquisition From Markit

7/2/2014
New owner looks to expand the European trade-reporting service beyond the 40 investment firms and MTFs currently reporting trades to Boat.