Opinions

• BATS to LSE: Competition is Essential to Efficiency, Resiliency of Global Market
  In an email to the industry, BATS CEO Joe Ratterman discussed why compeition is essential to the efficiency and resiliency of the global markets.
• In the Race for Low Latency, Don’t Forget the Trader
  
• OTC Derivatives: A Work in Process
  The good news is that institutional brokers' innovation in structured finance and other OTC derivatives continues to grow and meet investor demand. . The bad news is that understanding the new risks of this market will take some more time, and probably few more trillion dollars in capital losses.
• The Time Has Come for Fixed-Income Electronic Trading
  In some regards, nothing has changed in the fixed-income trading space to warrant electronic trading. On the other hand, however, everything has changed, signaling that the time may be right for e-trading.
• The Lessons of Risk Management
  

Research

• Algorithmic Trading in FX: How Far Can It Go?
  
• EMS and OMS: Integration on the Horizon?
  
• The Impact of DMA in India
  
• Electronic Trading: The Latency Challenge
  
• The World According to Quants: Enter Alpha Generation Platforms
  A new report from Aite Group focuses on the emergence of alpha generation technology platforms, designed to create a more centralized and streamlined process and functionality, vastly improving the overall productivity of quants.

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