innovation news from FierceFinance

The astute Larry Tabb raises a question: Are multi-asset trading platforms dead on arrival? You may think that traders would leap at the chance to trade just about anything from a single... Read more...

Dark pools have been a success as an alternative trading mechanism. Institutions really crave the ability to... Read more...

The exchange traded fund industry has been a pretty heady growth curve and the innovation has been... Read more...

The McKinsey study on New York's status as a financial center reported that that London beats the pants off of New York when it comes to the derivatives markets. "London already enjoys clear... Read more...

Remember when people used to go ga-ga over the fact that there are more mutual funds than stocks? You are probably too young--seriously. I'm wondering if we are heading toward a similar state with... Read more...

Goldman Sachs has announced the sale of its widely watched commodities index and two stock index families to Standard & Poor's. This deal follows the sale last year of two credit indexes to... Read more...

Some financial services firms have embraced a method of site authentication that calls for customers to make sure they see a designated image on the site before they sign on. If the image isn't... Read more...

We've discussed the success of exchange-traded funds quite a bit. ETFs prove that there is room for... Read more...

Let's face it: Hedge fund returns have matured. We are seeing some funds do a little innovating to... Read more...