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.

MF Global's Disappearing Cash

11/29/2011
Although $200 million in cash from MF Global has surfaced at JP Morgan in Britain, customers may never see the money.

TradingScreen Adds Two FX Liquidity Providers

11/28/2011
The addition of BNP Paribas and Merrill Lynch boosts liquidity for buy side customers using TradingScreen's FX liquidity network.

Impacted by MF Global, Patsystems Receives Takeover Offer

11/28/2011
ION Trading has until Dec. 26 to make a cash offer for the trading software house, which is owed substantial revenues by MF Global.

IPC Rolls Out Financial Extranet

11/23/2011
Focusing on capital markets, IPC Systems is launching Connexus, a cloud-based shared infrsatructure, offfering data connectivity services and applications to buy and sell side firms.

Senator Calls For MF Global Hearing

11/21/2011
After MF Global's trustee announced that $1.2 billion in customer funds are missing from the bankrupt MF Global, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts is calling for the company's CEO Jon Corzine to testify before a Senate agricultural committee.

Algos for Active Traders

11/18/2011
Fidelity Investments is offering two algorithmic trading strategiesto its most active trader clients, placing them on a more level playing field with institutions.

Pipeline Moves to Divest Milstream

11/18/2011
Following a management shakeup, Pipeline acknowledges that buy-side customers are not comfortable trading in the Block Market ATS as long as Milstream, the controversial trading affiliate, is given access.

Pipeline Shakes Up Management Following Scandal

11/16/2011
After settling SEC charges over its dark pool violations, Pipeline tapped a former Liquidnet executive. But can the firm bounce back after lying to its buy-side customers?

Pipeline's Bombshell Hurts All Dark Pools

11/15/2011
Trust in dark pools takes a hit as the SEC charges Pipeline with filling customer orders via an affiliated trading entity rather than by matching them against other customer orders, as advertised.

New Equity Trading Venue Inserts Speed Bump

11/9/2011
PDQ ATS offers an electronic auction market with a 20 millisecond pause, arguing that a slowdown benefits liquidity.

Does MF Global's Failure Point to Regulatory Gaps?

11/8/2011
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro told CNBC that MF Global collapsed because it made bad decisions. But how did regulators not see its exposures or excessive leverage?

Markit Acquires QSG

11/2/2011
The global financial information provider, known for derivaiives valuations and trade processing, is looking to enter the equities trade analytics business with QSG.

Deutsche Bank Offer DMA to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

11/1/2011
This is the 75th equity market offered by the Autobahn equity business, which the bank said, underscores its commitment to electronic emerging markets.