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Getco goes mainstream
Financial industries are always in flux, and we often see old-world companies pushing aggressively to get into new markets. But lately we're seeing a few example of new-world companies pushing in the
Buy-side continues to fight HFT fire with fire
The buy-side has increasingly warmed to the idea of countering the perceived ill effects of high-frequency trading with more advanced trading technology of their own. We're seeing more services
GETCO launches high-frequency trading tool for institutions
One big theme in the institutional trading world at the moment is the desire of buy-side firms to tap the leading edge tools of sell-side trading outfits. Deutsche Bank, for example, has launched an
BATS still shaking up exchange industry
These are interesting times in the securities exchange industry, given the merger talk and all. BATS, despite its small size, continues to make waves. In February, it agreed to buy Chi-X Europe. In
Asia, high-frequency trading to boom?
At a time when high-frequency trading continues to generate controversy and regulatory action in the United States and Europe, exchanges in other parts of the world are ramping up to attract more
Debate breaks out over how to bust trades
On the aftermath of the May 6 Flash Crash, many exchanges decided to break trades, but the process by which they deemed which trades to break was criticized roundly. Roughly 21,000 trades were
Who are the high-frequency traders?
High-frequency trading ( high-frequency trading news) is once again in the spotlight, as they are alternately cast as villains who tanked the market or near-heroes who add liquidity. Lost in the debate about high-frequency trading is the simple question: Who are these guys?
The New York T
GETCO raises brows as a designated market maker
Is wariness of GETCO as a designated market maker on the NYSE justified? Well, to some buy-side players, it's a bit jarring to see a major proprietary firm, a pioneer in high-frequency trading (
HFT shops to rise?
We noted recently over on FierceFinanceIT that a few high-tech incubators of high-frequency trading start-ups were aiming to launch more funds soon. The whole field might get a boost if new regulations ever restrict banks from proprietary trading in a meaningful way. The result would be th
Larger implications to high-frequency trading
We're starting to read a lot more about high-frequency trading firms in the mass media. A good indication of their newsworthiness at the moment is the recent Wall Street Journal profile of Getco.
