May 27, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
QuantConnect, Tradier Brokerage partner to boost algorithmic trading
Tradier Brokerage has integrated QuantConnect to its application programming interface (API).
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April 14, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
CEO & President of boutique algo firm Quantica Trading departs
Quantica Trading's CEO and President Janice Robson has left Quantica Trading, with the firm's future hanging in the balance
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April 09, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Finally! Bankrupt company Blackfield Capital has its license cancelled
The company is bankrupt, the CEO is gone, look for him in the US... Do you remember these words? This was the direct message the management of Blackfield Capital, a Moscow-based algorithmic trading company, issued to clients of the company in October 2014, as it became clear that the money has disappeared together with the company's…
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March 12, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
ASIC supervision report: FX no longer the target of scrutiny
ASIC has set its sights on execution, dark pool pinging activity and algorithmic trading, looking away from FX - for the time being.
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December 08, 2014 BY Mike Fox
SunGard launches FX TCA solution
SunGard has today launched an independent, real-time transaction cost analysis (TCA) solution for foreign exchange (FX) trading to help traders, corporate treasurers and portfolio managers understand the quality of their FX executions. SunGard’s FX TCA solution helps firms gain transparency over their FX trading by providing real-time FX pricing and transaction data on a customizable…
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December 06, 2014 BY Mike Fox
Oxford Dictionaries adds 'algorithmic trading' as official entry
If some say algorithmic trading hasn't arrived to the mainstream yet, it is now official as Oxford Dictionaries adds the term to it's most recent entry list. This was not the only finance related term the popular dictionary will add to it's most recent quarterly update, 'crony capitalism' is among the 1,000 new words to be added to oxforddictionaries.com, the…
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December 03, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Former Quantica Trading algo specialist Jamie Oschefski appointed VP Sales at Rizm
After four and a half years at boutique algorithmic trading company Quantica Trading, Jamie Oschefski heads to New York-based Rizm to assume his senior sales position
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September 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Japanese broker Forex Crown launches cAlgo platform
In a break with tradition, Japanese FX firms are taking a shine toward Western platforms as Forex Crown adopts Spotware Systems' cAlgo
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September 09, 2014 BY Mike Fox
"Crypto Markets & Technology" launches to cover institutional trading of Bitcoin and other digital currency
Crypto Markets & Technology, a new digital currency e-mag officially launched today following a summer-long beta roll-out. The publication was founded by Pete Harris, a veteran financial technology journalist and publisher. Updated continuously, Crypto Markets & Technology follows the movements by Wall Street firms - broker/dealers, exchanges and investment funds - to embrace Bitcoin as…
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August 07, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Breaking News: ICE acquires IP rights to electronic trading strategies
North American exchange and electronic trading executing venue IntercontinentalExchange has purchased a series of trading strategies in order that third parties do not use them against its customers.
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