The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed “settled charges” against registered broker-dealer Bloomberg Tradebook LLC, founded in 1996 but no longer in operation, for “making material misrepresentations and omitting material facts” about how the firm handled certain customer trade orders. Bloomberg Tradebook has agreed to be censured and will pay a $5 million dollar… Read More >>
Bloomberg Tradebook Launches OPTX to Overhaul Trade Execution
OPTX to Work with Bloomberg Professional Services International agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook is attempting to overhaul the agency business model with the launch of the OPTX single platform that exploits quantitative data models and analytics to optimize order routing and other aspects of electronic execution operations. Bloomberg Tradebook works with buy- and sell-side firms to… Read More >>
Glitch Halts ETP Trading for NYSE Arca
ETP Transactions Impacted by NYSE Arca Halt Exchange-traded product transactions via NYSE Arca were halted for 15 minutes on the morning of Monday, Dec. 19, because of a complication caused by a software upgrade, according to New York Stock Exchange officials. “We identified an issue on NYSE Arca Equities (our electronic market for ETPs [including… Read More >>
Survey Finds Asset Managers Want to Centralize Investment Data as Interactive Brokers Embraces ISO 20022 for Corporate Actions
Aite Group Finds Support Growing for Investment Book of Records Approach Asset managers and wealth management firms are moving toward an unobstructed, holistic view of their investment data as they embrace an investment book of records (IBOR) approach, says Rick McCarthy, vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas at DST Global Solutions. The… Read More >>
