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Global hedge fund assets under management in global hedge funds reached nearly USD2.5trn at the end of June, an increase of more than 19 per cent since the beginning of this year, accordin
Bear Stearns has announced three new hires as part of the expansion of its global prime brokerage franchise.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that a federal court in California has entered a consent order of permanent injunction against Montana-based Robert Beasley and Lo
The international derivatives exchange Eurex will be launching around 170 further single stock futures on stocks listed on the Dow Jones Stoxx 600, RDXxt USD, and S&P 500 indices in th
Gems Advisors in London has appointed as a director Stuart MacDonald, formerly director of alternative investments at Shore Capital and director of hedge funds at Henderson Global Investor
As the role of hedge funds in the foreign exchange market continues to grow, algorithmic trading and technology are shaping the future of the market, according to a white paper issued by FXall, the
Latency: A measure of delay.
In a market where speed is of the essence, the spotlight falls on the issue of latency. Latency is the time it takes to get a deal done, cancel an order or know what is happening in the market.
Given its importance in today’s trading environment, it will be important to arrive at an industry definition of latency measurement, to ensure that trading venues, systems and infrastructure are all judged by a common standard.
Latency is a statistical function that can be impacted by:
Market participants’ systems and architecture
The architecture and construction of the
It is clear from conversations with a broad range of market participants that inherent latency is a problem for active market participants on current FX trading systems.
Network latency is the time needed to effect a communication between two network nodes.
Much has been made of dark pools of liquidity in the equity market at present. These are financial markets not available or visible to the general public – essentially ‘non-displayed’ liquidity.
