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Race for speed intensifies as HFT goes global
Every microsecond counts in the race for trading supremacy Trading firms need to upgrade their technology as often as every three months or face getting left behind by the pace of competition,...
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Nasdaq signs algo testing deal with Thesys
The Nasdaq OMX Algo Testing Facility is intended partly to help rein in runaway algos Nasdaq OMX is planning to launch a test facility for algo trading early next year. The Algo Test Facility will be...
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Japan’s TSE offers latency management tools to users
Japan’s exchanges merged last year The Tokyo Stock Exchange has begun offering latency performance management as a service to users of its Arrownet network, which the exchange says will help market...
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What’s giving high-frequency traders the jitters?
Dev Tyagi is the UK General Manager of Supermicro UK Since the Flash Crash of 2010, few issues have been debated as fiercely as high frequency trading. Does it increase liquidity and lower the cost of...
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Equity markets “not broken” say TradeTech speakers
Global equity markets are not broken, despite the claims made by author Michael Lewis in his recent exposé of high-frequency trading Flash Boys, delegates at the TradeTech conference in Paris were told...
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Flash Boys ‘star’ Ronan Ryan says market better off without HFT
Critics say HFT distorts markets One of the central characters featured in Michael Lewis’ controversial book Flash Boys, has added fuel to the fire of debate over high frequency trading by claiming...
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Canadian exchange pursues “fairer markets” with MillenniumIT deal
MillenniumIT’s Mack Gill: customisable technology can play a role in market innovation Canadian ‘challenger’ exchange Aequitas, which plans to favour long-term investors by discouraging HFT, has chosen...
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Know thine algo: how to define it, prove it, tame it. Part 1
Regulators across the globe appear divided on the question of whether tighter control of algorithmic trading is necessary. The Australians are pretty laid back about it, the Germans are ahead of the...
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Corvil turns to cloud as data ‘race for pace’ accelerates
The Corvil dashboard aims to make big data analytics easier Trading technology firm Corvil has launched a new streaming analytics platform which it says will help exchanges, banks, brokers and other...
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US, EU regulators examine ‘time traveller’ trades from space
Satellite GPS signals can be vulnerable to ‘space weather’ , according to NPL Regulators in Europe and the US are struggling to get to grips with trades that appear to be travelling back in time. Led...
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Dark pools, market manipulation and benchmark rigging top risks warns report
Tough new regulation poseschallenges and opportunities, says SunGard’s Almqvist Regulators in the US and Europe are stepping up investigations into dark pool activity, market abuse and manipulation of...
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High frequency traders under the regulatory spotlight
Simon Maughan is head of product specialists at OTAS Technologies The regulatory spotlight is shining on high frequency traders and dark pools, but the technological changes that have driven down...
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Bombay Stock Exchange targets HFTs with network revamp
The BSE is opening up to HFT India’s Bombay Stock Exchange has ramped up its network application and monitoring speeds and opened a new investor service centre in New Delhi, as it seeks to attract...
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Regulators set to clamp down on HFT market abuse in 2015 warns report
Traders expect regulators to focus on market abuse in 2015 Securities market regulators are beginning to clamp down on market abuse linked to complex high-frequency trading strategies – but there is...
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Buy-side lacks confidence in US and EU regulators as fear of HFT grows
Click to Enlarge Long-term investors are deeply concerned about their ability to find liquidity and don’t trust regulators to protect them, according to a new survey by buy-side block trading network...
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