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
Excerpts Courtesy of MarketsMediaThe lines of demarcation between actively-managed investment vehicles are getting fuzzier with the advent of non-transparent, actively-managed ETFs.Black Rock, State Street, Eaton Vance and T. Rowe Price, among others, have filed applications with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop actively managed non-transparent ETFs that…Read More
February 5, 2014 -WallachBeth Capital LLC, a leading provider of institutional execution services, announced today that program trading expert Thejas Nalval has joined the firm in the newly created role of Director, ETF & Portfolio Strategy. Mr. Nalval comes to WallachBeth with ten years of industry experience. Prior to his…Read More
TabbForum, a publication that caters to the institutional investment community and works towards spotlighting the relevant issues of the day, has just published a comment letter submitted to the SEC by institutional [agency-only] broker Themis Trading re: topic of wider tick sizes for small cap stocks. While readers of this…Read More
In the spirit of "..It takes one to know one..." and notwithstanding the "late print," one leading Wall Street broker who specializes in ETFs (and, who typically prefers to play down price predictions and remain focused on best execution vs. best picks) has an interesting 2014 outlook for a select…Read More
Wall Street Letter, one of the Industry's must-read publications courtesy of financial media company Pageant Media, just announced its "short list" of finalists in connection with WSL's 3rd Annual institutional trading awards. While the 2014 "best of" categories cover each of the likely specialties (e.g. best agency-broker/options, best brokerage platform,…Read More
NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WallachBeth Capital, a leading provider of institutional execution services, announced today that ETF industry veteran trader Mohit "Mo" Bajaj has joined WallachBeth in the newly created role of Director, ETF and Portfolio Trading Services. [caption id="attachment_1711" align="alignleft" width="155"] Mohit "Mo" Bajaj, WallachBeth…Read More
Courtesy of 12.26.13 CNBC interview with Andrew McOrmond, Managing Director/WallachBeth Capital [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6xlH1rTr30&w=420&h=315]Read More
JPMorgan Chase and federal authorities are nearing settlements over the bank’s ties to Bernard L. Madoff, striking tentative deals that would involve roughly $2 billion in penalties and a rare criminal action. The government will use a sizable portion of the money to compensate Mr. Madoff’s victims. The settlements, which…Read More
Courtesy of ETF Strategy "..MTS, one of Europe’s largest electronic fixed income trading venues, is to launch request-for-quote (RFQ) trading for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via its multi-dealer-to-client MTS BondVision platform. The new service will offer liquidity providers access to a diverse community of global institutional investors. The platform will…Read More
Courtesy of Wall Street Letter reporter Sean Creamer Institutional brokerage WallachBeth Capital LLC will expand its staff to bolster electronic trading across exchange-traded funds and options over the next two years, according to Michael Wallach, CEO. The agency broker-dealer aims to bring on 15-20 people, some of whom may…Read More
In honor of this coming Veteran's Day, Mischler Financial Group, Wall Street's oldest (and largest) service-disabled veteran (SDV) owned institutional brokerage/banking firm (and 1 of 9 investment bank selling group members for yesterdays Twitter IPO) announced last week the firm has pledged 10% of November profits to Children of Fallen…Read More
One of the best video elements for sophisticated investment managers [and all others] seeking expert insight re ETF portfolio management. Interview below with one of the global ETF market's most recognized trade execution experts is courtesy of financial industry publisher and conference producer MarketsMedia. Many thanks to them for making…Read More