As reported by various news outlets on Friday, KCG, the firm that was created last year via a "take-under" of former Knight Capital by HFT market-maker Getco Securities after Knight suffered a $460 million trading loss attributed to a technology snafu, and whose business model somehow continues to pass the…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: Below extract is courtesy of the HF Industry's best read publication, FinAlternatives. Sep 10 2014 | 2:43pm ET A high-profile hedge fund manager is caught up in a nasty child custody battle in Georgia. Renee Haugerud, founder of the New York-based commodity-focused hedge fund Galtere, is…Read More
MarketsMuse post courtesy of extract from Investors Business Daily..Editors clipped original headline: "Wall Street Women Touch Each Other: BrokerDealer ETF Gals Form "WE" [caption id="attachment_2121" align="alignleft" width="150"] Linda Zhang, Windhaven Investment Mgt.[/caption] "When you put 40 smart and gorgeous women together, great things will just happen," said Linda Zhang, senior…Read More
Below courtesy of Aug 6 edition of Wall Street Letter, article written by staff reporter Sean Creamer WallachBeth to enhance multi-basket trading WallachBeth Capital, a New York City-based agency brokerage, will enhance its existing portfolio and multi-basket trading in exchange-traded funds and other equities to make greater use of…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: We so greatly enjoyed today's WSJ column from Daisey Maxey, we felt compelled to provide extracts below (The entire column can be found by clicking on logo to your left) Catalyst Inc., a nonprofit focused on increasing opportunities for women in business, issued a report that shows…Read More
Below courtesy of excerpt from Mark Hulbert's column in the WSJ Weekend Journal (Aug2-Aug3) Over the past 45 years, the stock market has lost more than 20% each time three warning signs flashed simultaneously. After a selloff this past week dragged the Dow Jones Industrial Average into negative territory for…Read More
Below courtesy of excerpt from front page article by Dan Strumpf "Markets Keeping Faith in Humanity" in July 29 WSJ Money & Investing section. "After years of ceding ground to trading via computer programs, buying and selling stock the old-fashioned way—over the phone or its modern equivalent of instant messaging—is…Read More
This is a MarketsMuse Editorial Comment in response to a group email sent yesterday by Paul Singer of Elliott Management to his DL. That email sought to raise awareness about both the recent "under-reported" events in France in which 2 synogogues were burned by so-called Pro-Palestinian youth..who are presumably Islmaic…Read More
Mischler Financial Adds To International Equities Team; Global Bank Trading Veteran Appointed to Senior Role for 24/6 Agency-Only Platform Immediate News Release Stamford, CT July 14, 2014—Mischler Financial Group (“MFG”), the securities industry’s oldest investment bank/institutional brokerage owned and operated by service-disabled veterans announced that Eric Michalisin, a close on…Read More
Agency-Execution firm WallachBeth Capital's Andy McOrmond, a recognized expert in ETF order execution for leading investment managers and RIAs appearing on CNBC with his [personal] thoughts as to whether now is, or is not the time to "go with the flow." Talking points: SPY v. VYM...$HEDJ and more.. Click on…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: Below excerpt courtesy of ETF Industry Icon Ron Delegge from his best selling Gents with No Cents is a great teaser for any and all wing-tip types who are looking for a fun read while enjoying the July 4 holiday weekend. Ron's day job includes publishing the…Read More
Below excerpt is hot of the press and courtesy of one of MarketsMuse's favorite outlets: FINalternatives.. Coin Capital Management is this week launching a Bitcoin-focused hedge fund, which will buy and hold the leading crypto-currency in an institutional grade environment. “We are pretty excited about Bitcoin…it is an exciting…Read More
For readers focused on expert views re: the precious metals, and in particular Gold, below a.m. note courtesy of macro-themed analyst Paul Krake to his "View From The Peak" audience of institutional investment managers provides a "bid-on" to market observations made last week by Neil Azous, principal of "bespoke macro…Read More
In connection with the 1st Annual ETF Awards hosted by ETF.com, the world’s leading authority on exchange-traded funds, agency execution firm WallachBeth Capital was selected “ETF Market- Maker of the Year” by a panel of judges representing prominent firms from across the ETF industry. The announcement was made during a…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: Having close on 3 decades "habitating" within the financial industry's sell-side, this greybeard former trader turned opinionator and postulator is certainly fascinated by the spirited debate over "high-frequency trading", not only because most of those arguing for and/or against HFT can only selectively point to lop-sided studies…Read More
MarketsMuse is pleased to profile market insight provided by Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight" aka "SBS", a daily debriefing of global market events, related impact on various asset classes and highlights of trading strategies proffered to some of the trading world's "smartest folks in the room." This morning's e-blast to…Read More
Extract courtesy of 11 March story from BloombergBusinessweek reporter Gabrielle Coppola Steven Schoenfeld staked his career on a single belief in 2010: there was latent demand in the U.S. Jewish community to invest in Israeli stocks. That year, the Wall Street veteran founded a company that would create an index…Read More
Breaking News..New York, NY Feb 25 Latest Update: 9.45 pm EST At a gala financial industry awards ceremony hosted by Wall Street Letter to recognize the year's top investment banks, institutional brokers and trading technology providers, 300 of the financial industry's senior executives gathered tonight to salute their peers in…Read More