Ivy Schmerken

Editor-at-Large, Advanced Trading

ischmerken@techweb.com

• Ticonderoga Securities Launches Equiy Derivatives Group November 03, 2009 Hires industy veteran Vuk Bulajic to build out the equity derivatives team team and product offering including research.
• Direct Access Partners Hires Team from Van der Moolen Group October 29, 2009 US institutional brokerage team exits Van der Moolen Group to join Direct Access Partners, citing access to multiple asset classes and prime brokerage.
• High-Frequency Trading Firms Seeking Tech Talent October 27, 2009 High-frequency trading firms are recruiting programmers and other tech talent. But some prefer Google and Microsoft alumni to Wall Street veterans.
• Lime Brokerage to Offer Marketcetera's Automated Trading Platform October 27, 2009 Lime will tap Marketcetera's open-source software platform to enable rapid implementation of new equities trading strategies.


• Proprietary Trading Firms Recruit Technical Talent Online
• Fidelity Launches New Online Platform For Foreign Stocks and Currency Exchanges
• SR Labs Launches Hosted Market Data Feed Handler
• Nasdaq OMX to Launch Third Equity Trading Platform in U.S.
• Panelists Sound Off On High Frequency Trading at Thomson Reuters Event
• R.W. Pressprich Invests in CodeStreet
• BTIG Hires Vikas Tandon to Head High Yield and Distressed Analytics
• ConvergEx To Acquire Cogent Consulting After Collapse of Consortium Deal
• Neuberger Berman Picks Switch and Data Site
• Cosmos Technologies Launches Data Warehouse Toolkit for Hedge Funds
• High-Frequency Shops Poach Talent From Exchanges and Bulge-Bracket Firms
• Instinet Plans to Launch BLX Dark Pool for Crossing Block Trades
• High-Frequency Trading Shops Play the Colocation Game
• NYSE Euronext Appoints IBM Veteran Dominic Cerutti as Deputy CEO
• Patsystems Licenses Software to Brazilian Broker Flow Corretora
• Lighthouse Financial Launches Global Portfolio Trading Platform
• Tradar Releases Version 3.2 of Insight Platform
• BATS To Launch Second U.S. Equities Exchange, BYX, by 2010
• Mahogany Partners Announces Live Trading with BlockCrossATS
• SEC Published Direct Edge’s Exchange Applications
• Industry Participants Weigh Proposals to Monitor Sponsored Access in Real Time
• Bloomberg Tradebook Modifies Algorithms for Japan’s Special Quote Days
• Chi-Tech Selects FTEN's Risk Controls for Pan-European Trading Service
• QUOTE MTF Began Trading with 10 French Stocks
• PhaseCapital Passes on Sponsored Access In Favor of DMA
• ICE CDS Clearing Houses Reached $2.2 Trillion In Notional Value
• Naked Access Attracts High-Frequency Traders, Gets Regulators’ Attention
• Derivix Strikes Strategic Alliance with ConvergEx's LiquidPoint
• NYSE Euronext to Acquire NYFIX for $144 million
• Deutsche Borse Group Selects IBM High Speed Messaging Technology
• BM&F Bovespa Approves Cedro Market & Finances as DMA Provider