Profile of Greg MacSweeney

Editorial Director Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.

Isn't HFT Getting A Little ... Nuts?

3/28/2013
In the HFT game, the number of big-time players seems to be thinning. What can firms do to capture a piece of the shrinking HFT pie?

Omgeo adds Goldman, State Street and DTCC Executives to Board

3/27/2013
Edward Hazel of Goldman Sachs, Richard Taggart of State Street Investment Management Services and Susan Cosgrove of DTCC Join Omgeo Board of Managers.

Mobile First Development Changing Trading Platforms in Forex Market

3/26/2013
OANDA's newest mobile app responds to demands from mobile traders for functionality that matches or exceeds traditional desktop capabilities.

Inside the World's Largest High Rise Data Center

3/22/2013
A new 1 million square foot high-rise data center in an old Verizon switching building at 375 Pearl Street opened this week. Here is a view of some of its features -- in pictures.

World's Largest High-Rise Data Center Opens in Downtown New York City

3/21/2013
At 1 million square feet, Sabey Corp.'s data center at 375 Pearl Street will provide data infrastructure services to New York's growing high-tech sector.

Shorter Settlement Cycles Coming to US?

3/20/2013
The EU's move to T+2 will force the US markets to a shortened settlement cycle (SSC).

Regulators Not Prepared for Financial Services Cloud and Mobile Adoption

3/19/2013
Panelists at ISITC forum discuss the role of social and mobile in the financial enterprise, but lament regulators' lack of guidance.

HFT Profits Shrinking? The Data Doesn't Lie

3/18/2013
Whether high-frequency trading is good for investors or bad, one fact that no one disputes is the drastic drop in HFT profits.

The NYSE Museum Will Soon Be Open

3/15/2013
ICE's purchase of NYSE Euronext has nothing to do with the equities business, which may be on its way out the door.

Trading Technologies to Provide Connectivity to GovEx

3/13/2013
Connectivity to GovEx through X_Trader will allow users to trade U.S. Treasury securities.

Laundering $881 Million Is Now Acceptable

3/8/2013
Senator Elizabeth Warren grills regulators (again) for failing to yank banking charters or criminally prosecute banking executives for their transgressions.

Will Financial Reporting Standards Help Reduce Compliance Costs?

3/5/2013
Panelists contend that global financial reporting standards will help banks reduce the tremendous costs of regulatory compliance.

Thomson Reuters Signs Three-Year Eikon Deal with the ECB

3/4/2013
Agreement sees the European Central Bank (ECB) and 18 participating national central banks across Europe roll out Thomson Reuters Eikon financial markets desktop.

Twitterati Take Sequestration In Stride

3/1/2013
After months of back and forth rhetoric and finger pointing, the country has ended up where many thought we would be: sequestration. In any case, the chatter on Twitter seems to be taking it all in stride. Here are some of the more pointed, and amusing, sequester-related Tweets from the community.