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.

Thomson Reuters' Mike Powell Discusses Cloud Adoption

1/31/2012
While cost pressures are a driver, breaking into new markets is a priority for capital firms in 2012, explains Mike Powell, Thomson Reuters’ global head of hosting and managed services.

Deustche Bank's SuperX Ranked As Largest Dark Pool in Europe

1/31/2012
Rosenblatt Securities ranked SuperX as the largest by volume in its monthly dark pool market share index, comprised of a universe of 18 liquidity pools across Europe.

Torstone Technology Launches Inferno

1/31/2012

Data Explorers Launches Securities Lending iPhone App

1/30/2012
Aimed at hedge funds and brokers, the new iPhone app can track short selling and institutional fund activity across global market sectors.

QuantHouse Offers Sub-Millisecond Access to Hotspot FX

1/30/2012
The company's Hotspot FX handler is now available to algorithmic trading firms seeking ultra-low latency access to the FX ECN.

Do Stock Exchange Operators Need More Rules to Monitor Trading Platforms?

1/27/2012
After a series of technology glitches over the past year, the SEC is proposing a new standard for trading systems that would impact 13 US stock exchanges and smaller venues, according to today's Wall Street Journal.

Derivatives Participants Worry about Clearing Risk

1/26/2012

Will SEFs Increase Market Fragmentation?

1/25/2012
Some firms see opportunities in electronic trading, while others express concerns about liquidity fragmenting across swap execution facilities, according to executives at TabbForum event.

Cloud Computing Can Boost the Customer Experience

1/23/2012
The cloud allows firms to bundle value-added services and improve the customer experience.

The Rise of Cloud Computing on Wall Street

1/23/2012
Looking to cut their capital expenditures on servers and applications, financial services firms are warming up to private clouds run outside their firewalls.

Advent's Stephanie DiMarco Will Leave a Strong Legacy

1/23/2012
Advent Software’s departing CEO Stephanie DiMarco explains why she’s stepping down and reflects on 30 years in the industry, in an exclusive Q&A with Wall Street &Technology.

Fidelity Adds Five Countries and Currencies to International Platform

1/23/2012
Retail brokerage customers can now trade in 17 of the world's largest and most popular markets, which Fidelity said exceeds what other firms provide.

How the Government Flips Insider Trading Witnesses

1/20/2012
An F.B.I. agent has persuaded Wall Street suspects to collect evidence against their business colleagues or friends, playing a key role in the government's insider trader investigations.

Pipeline Transforms Itself into Aritas

1/19/2012
Yesterday, the former Pipeline Trading Systems said it's new name is Aritas, citing many changes, including product updates and leadership, it's made since it reached a settlement with the SEC.

TeraExchange Hires Former Regulator with Derivatives Expertise

1/19/2012
TeraExchange appointed Marti Tirinnanzi as SVP of business development to help government entities benefit from upcoming derivatives reforms.

Futures SROs Review Customer Segregation In Light of MF Global

1/18/2012
CME, ICE, NFA and other futtures industry self regulatory organizations formed a committee to review how SROs can strengthen existing safeguards for customer segregated funds.

BATS To Move Disaster Recovery Site to Savvis' Chicago facility

1/18/2012

Bloomberg Vault Integrates with IBM Lotus Domino

1/17/2012
With financial services firms facing pressure to reduce email archiving and compliance costs, Bloomberg Vault is using features in IBM's messaging and collaboration software to improve security and reliability as well as reduce the costs of cloud integration.

MF Global's Bankruptcy Impacts Bloomberg

1/13/2012
The loss of subscription revenue from MF Global's collapse, is causing suffering at Bloomberg, reports The New York Times.

FIX Flyer Is Certified By Bolsa De Comercio Santiago

1/12/2012
The certification paves the way for FIX Flyer to offer local brokers FIX-based DMA and algorithmic trading in Chile and the region.

Perseus Telecom Acquires 60 Hudson Street Data Hub from Viatel Group

1/11/2012
The landmark New York City building's carrier hotel houses 100 domestic and global telecommunications companies and is a key player in colocation for low latency trading and global connectivity to financial markets.

SunGard's Top Ten Historical Data Predictions Call For Ecosystem

1/10/2012
While banks and asset managers are facing demands for more frequent risk reporting and analytics, big banks and asset managers still run multiple historical data silos.

IFS Taps Activ Financial's US Market Data for TCA

1/9/2012
Intelligent Financial Systems selected Activ Financial's US equity market data to drive research and analytics for its LiquidMetrix Workstation product suite and new coverage of North American markets.

IFS Taps Activ Financial's US Market Data for TCA

1/9/2012
London-based firm will use Activ's US market data to analyze trade performance and best execution in North American markets.

Advent Software's CEO DiMarco To Depart In June, Names Successor

1/6/2012
After revolutionizing the investment management industry nearly 30 years ago, Advent Software's founder Stephanie DiMarco will step down in late June, when current president Peter Hess succeeds her as CEO.

HFT Firms Brace for a New, Bolder SEC

1/5/2012
The unfolding new year could see the arrival of a new, more powerful Securities and Exchange Commission. Now we’ll have to see how high-frequency-trading firms react, says editor-at-large Ivy Schmerken.

Swiss Central Banker Faces Insider Trading Allegations

1/5/2012
A weekly paper alleges that Switzerland's top central banker profited from currency trades, but are the charges the work of political enemies?

E*Trade Launches Mobile Deposit for iPhone

1/5/2012
Online broker rolls out remote deposit feature by using the iPhone's camera, and plans to target Android next.

ConvergEx Rolls out Algo Access to Asian Markets

1/4/2012
Upgrades the execution logic for its complete range of European and Asian algorithms.

ISITC Taps Loomis Sayles' Snitzer as Next Chair

1/3/2012
Buy-side executive to lead standards organization as industry faces complex pressures from new regulations.

Avoiding Another MF Global

1/3/2012
Tips for futures and commodities trading firms choosing FCMs in 2012.