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.

Liquidnet Prepares for Launch of European Trading Desk

8/24/2008

SAVVIS to Offer Direct Connection to ISE's Depth of Market Feed

8/24/2008
High-capacity Ethernet network available in New York metro region

Direct Edge Joins Forces with ISE Stock Exchange

8/22/2008
International Securities Exchange takes ownership stake in Direct Edge

NYSE Liffe Receives CFTC Approval as Designated Contract Market

8/22/2008
NYSE Euronext to launch U.S. futures business in September

Demand for Credit Analysts Rises on the Buy Side in Wake of Rating Agency Disasters

8/22/2008
After losing faith in rating agencies, buy-side firms are hiring their own in-house talent to perform credit analysis of issues.

The Buy Side Learns to Survive in the Post-Credit Crisis Environment

8/22/2008
In the post-credit crisis markets, buy-side firms are learning how to manage new challenges, such as a lack of sell-side liquidity in fixed-income products and new concerns over counterparty risk.

Raiffieisen Centrobank AG Deploys RTS Realtime's Connectivity Solution

8/20/2008
Austrian bank offers direct-market access to the Vienna Stock Exchange

Corvil Releases CorvilNet 5.0 for Latency Management

8/20/2008
Monitors network and applications with microsecond granularity

CME Seals the NYMEX Purchase, So Who's Next?

8/20/2008
While CME has snapped up all the local prey in futures, there are still a few big fish around and not all of them are publicly traded exchanges.

BGC Expands into Listed Products and Promotes Aubin to Head Effort from New York.

8/20/2008
Inter-dealer broker looks to further develop voice and electronic broking services in listed products.

Pali Capital Expands with Three New Hires in Equity Trading

8/20/2008
Taps three sales traders from Bear Stearns and Jefferies & Co.

Ballista Securities Achieves FINRA Membership as Broker-Dealer

8/18/2008
Electronic Liquidity Pool for Block Options and Complex Strategies to Go Live Next Month

BATS Trading Receives Approval for Exchange Status

8/18/2008
Transition from ECN to exchange will take about 60 days.

Are Institutions in the Dark About Anti-Gaming?

8/14/2008
Every major broker dealer says it has the best anti-gaming technology to prevent information leakage in dark pools. However, institutional traders I spoke to recently seemed skeptical of whether sell-side firms would police their dark liquidity pools

New Financial News and Data Site Aspires to Outdo Google and Yahoo! Finance

8/12/2008
A 21-year old programmer contacted me about Streetread.com, a new financial Web site he developed that automatically aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial news sites.

Online Brokers Are Beefing Up Their Options Trading Platforms for Active Traders

8/12/2008

Online Brokers Woo Active Traders With Service, Support and Tools

8/12/2008
Online brokers are rolling out more-sophisticated tools, including trading communities, to capture the active trader.

Sapient Boosts Derivatives Operations with Acquisition of DCG Consultancy

8/11/2008
Financial institutions have major issues with rising volumes, manual processes and lack of the right people.

SR Labs Gears Up for Collocation

8/11/2008
Market data solution runs on same box as collocated trading electronic trading application to minimize latency.

End Game: Anti-Gaming Technology in Dark Pools Tops Buy-Side Agenda

8/8/2008
The buy side is pressing the sell side for more anti-gaming technology to prevent price manipulation in dark pools.

optionsXpress Redesigns Web Site with Access to Education

8/7/2008
Prospects who test drive the new site can enter a drawing to win a Cadillac CTS.1

Interactive Data Corporation Expands Interest Rate Swaps Valuation Service

8/7/2008
Demand for independent valuations of hard-to-value OTC derivatives drives expansion.

Active Traders are Hungry for Broker Education

8/5/2008
Online brokers offer training, night school and live Webinars on risk management.

Career Opportunities Emerge Out of the Credit Crisis

8/5/2008
While the credit crisis has meant bad news for traders on the job front, some capital markets firms actually see this as an opportunity to expand into new areas of equity trading and risk management.

Q&A with ITG's Tony Huck: Deploying Anti-Gaming Logic in Dark Liquidity Pools

8/5/2008
Dark pool operators can deter gamers with restrictions but are they wiling to turn away certain order flow?

Online Brokers’ Definitions of Active Traders Vary

8/3/2008
Online brokers vary in the frequency -- from low frequency to high velocity -- of trading they require of active traders.