Digital Experience

According to the FT, the Financial Industry Regulatory Association is undertaking a “sweep” of broker-dealers that offer direct market access to high-frequency traders to find out if they have pre-trade risk management controls in place for their algorithmic customers. (Read the full story here:...

I just posted a blog entry on how changes in capital markets regulations may lead to out of work traders joining hedge funds. It may be a culture shock without the big bank budgets - but advanced trading technology is not out of...

Looking for all the world like someone yelled "fire" in a crowded nightclub, prop and quant traders are stampeding out of investment banks and headed for the hedge fund world. Some, mainly the prop traders, are being pushed gently out the door as banks prepare for the Volcker Rule...

I just published a blog posting on how Brazil has seen booming growth in algorithmic trading over the last couple of year - with Progress Software right at the heart of it:

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Here in the United States algorithmic and high frequency trading have been under fire lately, blamed for everything from the May 6th flash crash to ruining small investors' profit margins. In the rest of the world, however, algorithmic trading is being recognized as both an opportunity and a way...

And I learned first hand what responsive process management is all about - to a consumer like me.

I’m on vacation... Citi just called to check on a phone inquiry they just received. Someone was calling for information about my account. I mentioned that I didn’t make the call...

I just posted a blog on the potential of algorithmic trading terrorism -- can a "denial of service" style attack cripple world markets? See the full posting...

At the CFTC's first Technology Advisory Council meeting on July 14, there was concern expressed around the concept of quote-stuffing. There was some evidence presented that the May 6th flash crash may have been caused by or exacerbated by this activity. While with regard to the flashcrash, other...

Today Nasdaq group purchased Smarts - a provider of market surveillance. This is an interesting development . Read the full post on our Apama blog...