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.

New ECN Throws Hat Into Consolidating Equity Market

8/25/2005
With equity market consolidation occurring, BATS may help to fill a void in the ECN marketplace.

How Neutral Is Your OMS?

8/22/2005
Broker neutrality is a phrase that providers of order management systems (OMSs) and execution management systems like to throw around to convey that customers are free to route orders to any broker or execution venue they choose.

Craving Cross-Asset Platforms?

8/22/2005
Hedge funds are pushing the envelope into multi-asset trading, but will traditional buy-side asset managers follow suit?

Citi Hires Chief Software Architect

8/22/2005
Jeremy Lehman, formerly head of technology for the investment management group at Thomson, joined Citigroup as chief software architect for global equity technology.

BAS Evaluates ETS Group

8/22/2005
Banc of America Securities hired former Nasdaq corporate strategy senior executive Bill Harts as a consultant to assess the future direction of its Electronic Trading Services (ETS) group, according to a BAS spokeswoman.

ITG to Acquire OMS Provider Macgregor

8/22/2005
Eyeing the buy-side community's demand for tying electronic execution and cost-measurement tools into the rest of the portfolio management process, Investment Technology Group (ITG) announced plans to acquire Macgregor, a provider of buy-side trade order management systems (OMSs), for $230 million in cash.

Are Regional Stock Exchanges Seeking an Alternative to ITS?

8/22/2005
Regional exchanges are considering smart-order-routing technology to help them comply with Reg NMS' new trade-through rule, which requires execution venues to route orders to the market displaying the best price.

Hiring Report: Ipswitch Looking To Shore Up Development Staff

8/22/2005
The race to integrate brokers' pre-trade analytics into order management systems (OMSs) is heating up as buy-side customers demand the functionality.

CHX Seeks OrderRouting Partner

8/22/2005
With every regional stock exchange gearing up for Reg NMS, the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) is looking at potential partnerships with technology companies and brokers that offer smart-order routing, according to Dave Herron, the exchange's CEO.

Nasdaq Prepares to Replace ITS with Private Linkage Strategy

8/11/2005
Nasdaq is partnering with Order Execution Services to connect with regional stock exchanges once Reg NMS goes into effect next year.