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Which form of social media do you check or use during the trading day?
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8%
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4%
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54%
- None. Compliance prohibits or restricts the use of social media on the desk
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33%
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Nomura Seeks Closer Integration With Instinet
Tokyo-based Nomura Group is more tightly integrating its Instinet subsidiary into the brokerage giant, and the company plans to rebrand its entire Japanese electronic trading platform as Instinet.
A Survivor's Tale
Sometimes the worst situations can create an opportunity. For former trader Victor Rodriguez, his kidnapping 14 years ago in his native Venezuela caused him to flee and migrate to the United States.
New Canadian Trade-At Rule Gets Mixed Reviews
Canadian regulators have passed new rules governing dark pools in Canada, eliciting mixed responses from market participants, with no discernible consensus from either the buyside or sellside, or from the dark pools themselves.
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Guide to Correspondent Clearing Firms
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Risk Checks Hit Nano Redline
Redline Trading Solutions, a provider of high-speed trading products for high-frequency traders, is offering brokers pre-trade risk check software that performs in less than one microsecond.
Wolverine Launches Homegrown Algo
Wolverine Execution Services, a Chicago-based agency brokerage, is making available its first algorithm for equities trading.
Cover Story: Keeping Watch
Using sophisticated monitoring and analysis techniques, bulge bracket brokers are starting to build profiles of the traders in their dark pools. They know who's naughty and who's nice, and they are using their newfound information to shore up the integrity of their trading systems.
Narrowing Spreads for Illiquids
For some illiquid exchange-traded funds, the price isn't always right. Spreads can be unreasonably wide, luring the less informed to take the bait and accept a price that is far from reasonable. Fortunately, those spreads are slowly narrowing due to competition.
Electronic Trading Pushes Foward
Electronic trading is on the rise outside the United States and the Eurozone. Several countries, such as Japan and Brazil, are seeing their markets move into the electronic trading realm as investors seek higher investment returns abroad.
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