High-frequency trading (HFT)
Hedge funds face true cyber-risks
HFT attacks may be unlikely, but cyber-threats remain
Citadel and Virtu prepare for tilt at OTC market
Non-bank dealers are connecting to Sefs and conducting test trades
Virtu to take on banks as swap market-maker
HFT firm is one of two non-banks known to have traded on broker Sefs
BAE's phoney fund hack story "implausible"
Competitors say fictional tale is akin to a Tom Clancy plot
Spear phishing attack cost hedge fund £1.5 million in March
CFO hacked and payments wired to China, Russia and Turkey
Research House of the Year: Marex Spectron
Commodity broker wins plaudits for technical research and analytics
Tower Research Capital: a high-speed shake-up for Credit Suisse’s rates business
Credit Suisse will get access to “world-class” technology in joint venture
Finra: poor controls around HFT a big concern
HFT operational monitoring a real issue
Asic calm over HFT impact but Australian buy-side lobby groups disagree
Lack of hysteria does not equal complacency, says securities regulator
CFTC upping enforcement effort, warns former chief
Dodd-Frank Act to boost CFTC war on market abuse, says Meister
How to game a Sef: Banks fear arrival of arbitrageurs
Liquidity could suffer if sharp practice takes root in Sef markets
Learning to share the swap market
Asset managers, hedge funds and proprietary trading shops all want access to platforms that currently serve dealers only - a test for rules on impartial access and, potentially, the start of a long-awaited revolution in over-the-counter markets. By…
Big data presents opportunities for hedge funds
The use of unstructured data in creating an alternative information edge is a potential new source of uncorrelated excess returns
Software risk is only part of the stability problem
Authors of their own destruction
Italy 'killing its capital markets' with HFT tax
Tax on high-frequency trading and equity derivatives introduced in Italy
Critics assail industry-sponsored study on HFT
Critics say industry-sponsored study into impact of high-frequency trading in futures markets is flawed
High-frequency trader fined $3.1 million for market manipulation
CFTC, CME and FCA fine Michael Coscia and Panther Energy Trading in first case of its kind
OTC clearing presents HFT opportunity in Asia
Over-the-counter clearing to present greater access and profitability to high-frequency trading firms as electronic trading of OTC products gets under way in Asia
Asia exchanges set for overhaul as competitiveness wanes
Solid structures
Defence against IP theft in financial services
The last few years have seen several high profile criminal and civil cases over the theft of intellectual property from financial institutions. Legal battles, however, are extremely complex and expensive, so firms need to ensure they have adequate…
Exchange order types prompt fears of HFT conspiracy
High-frequency traders have been viewed with suspicion for some time. Now critics claim exchanges are conspiring with the traders to develop tools that benefit them and disadvantage ordinary investors. Is the threat real? Laurie Carver reports
