Content posted in July 2010
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Dodd-Frank Legislation: How the Law Might Really Impact the Capital Markets
While opinions vary, Matthew Samelson and Sean Owens of Woodbine Assoc. weigh in on the Dodd-Frank law and its impact on systemic risk, derivatives, proprietary trading, fixed income and liquidity.
Execution Quality:Electronic Order Books Dominate
New reports from Celent on Execution Quality in NYSE and Nasdaq stocks found that electronic order books (EOBs) such as BATS, Nasdaq, NYSE Arca and Direct Edge's EDGA and EDGX, are leading performers when speed and price are taken into account, but the NYSE specialists/DMMs are the fastest, except for small orders.
Data Center Spending: $1.8 Billion (and Counting)
To handle the increasing compute demands of financial firms, a good portion of IT budgets in 2010 and beyond will be spent on upgrading older technologies to make today's data centers more energy-efficient and more powerful.
The Volcker Rule Ban on Proprietary Trading: A Practical Approach to Implementation
Instead of attempting to trace speculative risk-taking to particular strategies, traders, or positions, Woodbine Assoc. Director Fixed Income/Derivatives Sean Owens proposes that regulators focus on book or portfolio-level market risk using a Value-at-Risk (VAR) or unit of risk measurement.
Colocation and Liquidity Provisioning: An Uneven Playing Field
Enhanced access to trade execution venues has attracted considerable attention from the industry, the media and regulators. Batterymarch’s Director of Trading Dragan Skoko discusses how colocation has tipped the balance between liquidity providers and users.
Is The SEC's Circuit Breaker Inviting Rogue Traders?
The test run of a market-wide circuit breaker instituted last month by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been well-received across Wall Street, but could it open a Pandora’s Box of rogue behavior as currently constructed?
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Exclusive: Inside the GETCO Execution Services Trading Floor
Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of the New York trading floor of GETCO Execution Services, the solutions arm of GETCO.
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