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MiFID starts to bite as US ECN BATS launches in Europe

BATS Trading has announced plans to launch in Europe, putting further pressure on traditional exchanges. Their aim is to capitalise on the opening of the European markets to new execution and trading venues, such as Chi-x, Smartpool, Turquoise, Virt-x, MarkitBOAT, Rainbow and more.  Something that has been actively promoted by the implementation of Europe’s Markets…

MiFID starts to bite as US ECN BATS launches in Europe

BATS Trading has announced plans to launch in Europe, putting further pressure on traditional exchanges. Their aim is to capitalise on the opening of the European markets to new execution and trading venues, such as Chi-x, Smartpool, Turquoise, Virt-x, MarkitBOAT, Rainbow and more.  Something that has been actively promoted by the implementation of Europe’s Markets…

Shine on you crazy Dimon

I really like Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed blog and, in a blaze of creative psychedelic, 1970s Floydism, he came up with this ode to Jamie:   Remember when you came from Banc One, you shone like the sun. Shine on  you crazy Dimon. Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the…

Shine on you crazy Dimon

I really like Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed blog and, in a blaze of creative psychedelic, 1970s Floydism, he came up with this ode to Jamie:   Remember when you came from Banc One, you shone like the sun. Shine on  you crazy Dimon. Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the…

Watch out for the thought police

According to the Byron review of social networking in the UK, Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and others sites are to be censored, and Google, Yahoo, MSN and others must show SAFE SEARCH in clear options from the home page.  This is because some parents do not supervise their children’s use of the Internet. Next, we intend…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

Microsoft: Throw Vista Away

Following on from my comments on Vista, this one is not my comment … but Infoworld’s.  This was followed by this blog and it’s worth reading the over 100 comments that follow that.  Funnily enough, I’m now seeing 2-3 articles a day with similar sentiments. Yep, you guessed it.  We’re all going to get rolled…

LSE’s 86 percent rise in SETS trading raises questions

Further to the mention of Iraq’s electronic trading exchange going live this week, the LSE has been running electronic trading since 1986, when the Big Bang moved the Exchange from open outcry to electronic trading. This led to the introduction of SEAQ, the Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System, in October 1987.  SEAQ was supplanted in…

LSE’s 86 percent rise in SETS trading raises questions

Further to the mention of Iraq’s electronic trading exchange going live this week, the LSE has been running electronic trading since 1986, when the Big Bang moved the Exchange from open outcry to electronic trading. This led to the introduction of SEAQ, the Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System, in October 1987.  SEAQ was supplanted in…

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