According to the FT, the Financial Industry Regulatory Association is undertaking a “sweep” of broker-dealers that offer direct market access to high-frequency traders to find out if they have pre-trade risk management controls in place for their algorithmic customers. (Read the full story here:...
I just posted a blog entry on how changes in capital markets regulations may lead to out of work traders joining hedge funds. It may be a culture shock without the big bank budgets - but advanced trading technology is not out of...
Looking for all the world like someone yelled "fire" in a crowded nightclub, prop and quant traders are stampeding out of investment banks and headed for the hedge fund world. Some, mainly the prop traders, are being pushed gently out the door as banks prepare for the Volcker Rule...
I just published a blog posting on how Brazil has seen booming growth in algorithmic trading over the last couple of year - with Progress Software right at the heart of it:
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