Trading & Execution Archive

Latin American software vendor, Americas Trading Group, and NYSE Technologies have joined forces to launch a new equities matching platform called Americas Trading System Brasil. read more>

BATS Global markets reached a record 13% market share of US equity trading volume in October. read more>

Nearly half of buy-side firms believe high-frequency trading is having a negative impact on their trades or hurting markets, according to new research. read more>

Trading volumes rebounded strongly at Knight Capital in September, suggesting a successful rebuilding process is underway after the technology glitch that nearly wiped out the market maker in August. read more>

Last-minute exemptions and delays for new US swaps trading rules have given large buy-side firms a brief respite on implementation and will help them avoid burdensome compliance issues. read more>

Many buy-side firms are not actively managing or hedging credit valuation adjustments, according to the latest annual survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ Association. read more>

US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission plans to tap the expertise of a high-frequency trading firm to bolster its understanding of low-latency markets. read more>

The margin required for uncleared swaps in the US will be revealed early next year, according to a new Dodd-Frank Act implementation timeline released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. read more>

A new service from Bloomberg and US dark pool operator BIDS will centralise liquidity from the data provider’s execution systems, offering further opportunities for matching trades in US equities. read more>

Risk controls to prevent erroneous trades are not being properly implemented, with runaway algos more common than first thought, according to new research from the US Federal Reserve. read more>