USA news Archive

Buy-side traders will have greater visibility of automated trading decisions with a web-based tool launched by execution and research broker ITG that displays real-time metrics including the venues algorithmic orders access. read more>

Buy-siders are keen to see integrated high- and low-touch services from brokers and enhancing synergies between the two roles will be key for broker development in coming years, according to new research from consultancy Woodbine Associates. read more>

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Group's ICE Futures US exchange has today launched interval price limit (IPL) functionality on futures contracts. read more>

High-frequency trading (HFT) makes up just a small percentage of the market, despite a common perception that is has become widespread, according to research by brokerage Abel/Noser. read more>

Almost a month after the Commodity Future Trading Commission's (CFTC) publication of its rules for swap execution facilities (SEF), the only applicant is the regime's leading detractor. read more>

The US House of Representatives has approved legislation that would exempt foreign derivatives trading by US firms from federal oversight, raising hopes that US regulators will relax their proposals. read more>

A group of six US sell-side associations has petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to extend a cross border exemption for swaps rules that expires next month. read more>

Execution consultants need to get a better handle on how their algorithms work in order to secure business, according to buy-sider participants. read more>

The Sydney-based Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has looked into North American dark pools. It doesn't like what it sees. Its findings are likely to generate some controversy. read more>