Buy-Side Traders Go Global
As global trading takes off, large, medium and small buy-side shops take divergent approaches to trading and technology.

NYSE-Arca: Awaiting Delivery on the Promise
With its announced merger with Archipelago, the NYSE signaled a shift to electronic trading. But can it be all things to all interested parties?

Resurrecting the Regionals
With Reg NMS on their side, the regional exchanges are enhancing their technology and seeking partnerships to better compete with the NYSE and Nasdaq.

Craving Cross-Asset Platforms?
Hedge funds are pushing the envelope into multi-asset trading, but will traditional buy-side asset managers follow suit?

Algorithmic Arms Race
With everyone from the postman to your next-door neighbor offering algorithms, what's a buy-side firm to do?

Algorithmic Trading Directory Check out Kerry Massaro's "A Note From the Editor" columns "A Note From the Editor" Financial exchanges seem to be modeling themselves after Wal-Mart these days - offering every product imaginable at a fair price. "A Note From the Editor" You may have read my editor's note in Wall Street & Technology last month in which I announced that I was leaving CMP Media. I titled it, "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do." "A Note From the Editor" "A Note From the Editor"

Check out Ivy Schmerken's "At the Close" columns Brokering Deals with Exchanges How Neutral is your OMS? The New Toll Collectors The Battle of Index Options Check out Larry Tabb's "Street Cred" columns A Brave New World to Trade I am on my way home from the CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong, and, after a week in Asia, the only thing I can think of is how egocentric I am. The Midtier: Betwixt and Between Being stuck in the middle is challenging. Large firms have size and reach. Small firms have flexibility and low overhead. What does the midtier broker have? Street Cred Trading models seems to be the new fashion on Wall Street and transaction cost analysis is the new black, according to columnist Larry Tabb.