Electronic Trading news from FierceFinanceIT

Advanced Trading offers an interesting look at State Street Global Market's FICross, a buy-side to buy-side fixed income crossing platform. FICross has been up and running for a year, the user base Read more...

There has been lots of talk about how human traders are being disintermediated by electronic trading services. Working as a cash equities trader hasn't carried a lot of cachet on Wall Street for Read more...

We've noted often that options trading is following a developmental path very similar to that of equities trading. The same can now be said for futures trading. When it comes to trading, if you build Read more...

The well-regarded electronic trading platform that offers access to more than 20 dark pools has filed to raise $500 million via an IPO. The move bespeaks a lot of confidence given current market Read more...

In this era of rampant electronic trading, you would think that telephones, except of the BlackBerry variety, would be on the endangered species list. You would be wrong. The lowly telephone remains Read more...

So what does it take to upgrade a buy-side trading operation to make it truly world-class? Well, Morgan Stanley is getting the word out about its multi-year plan to do just that. Read more...