buyside news from FierceFinance

Back when the subprime crisis had not fully bloomed, there were a few brave souls who were convinced--absolutely!--that the mortgage edice was about to crash. You can imagine the pitch meetings. Read more...

We're witnessing an explosion in trading options these days that has led to growing concerns on the buyside about fragmentation and the thought that perhaps good trading opportunities are being Read more...

From the buyside point of view, there's so much research to contend with that keeping it all straight is a chore. Which is why the TowerGroup expects a lot more spending on technologies to make it Read more...

Business Week says this is an open secret on Wall Street: Prime brokers with access to information on big trades are tipping off their other traders and their hedge fund clients, allowing Read more...

The rise of dark pools has been noted by many. Such execution services now handle about 10 percent of all shares traded each day. They sport cool names like Liquidnet, Sigma X, VortEx and the Read more...

It's hard to argue with the logic of electronic trading, which seems to be the future of every market. The latest example comes from the forex market, where half of all buyside trades are now Read more...

In many market segments, we are living in a golden era on Wall Street, but one area that has failed to shine is equity Read more...

We've discussed independent research at length over the years. The fact remains that the industry, what's left of it, is Read more...

It was big news last year when Louise Yamada and Ralph Acampora, two of the biggest names in technical research, were let go by Citigroup and Prudential. Many people proclaimed the death of Read more...

Just a few years ago, people were buzzing about the rise of independent research. Many thought the historic Wall Street settlement over tainted research provided a can't-miss platform for success. Read more...