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TSX Group to Merge with Montreal Exchange to Create
Multi-Asset Trading Venue
 

Advanced Trading, December 10, 2007

   

The TSX Group has agreed to merge with the Montreal Exchange in a C$1.3 billion deal that will create an integrated, multi-asset class execution venue for equities and derivatives in Canada. Wall Street & Technology/Advanced Trading’s Ivy Schmerken interviews Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung to on why she thinks the combined TMX Group will be a technology powerhouse as well as a product powerhouse. >>Read More

   
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Hedge funds will play a key role in success of ATSes
 

Investment Executive, November 2007

   

Hedge funds will play a role in determining which new alternative trading systems will succeed and survive, as each ATS tries to find its market niche and steal market share from the Toronto Stock Exchange. Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung discusses the Canadian market structure and the impact of hedge funds with Investment Executive’s Rudy Mezzetta. >>Read More

   
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Alternative Trading Systems to Take Off
 

Benefits Canada, September 14, 2007

   

Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) are expected to go mainstream next year as electronic trading becomes more popular. Benefits Canada’s Craig Sebastiano reviews the key findings of the 2007 Canadian Buy-side Equity Trading: Exchange, Upstairs, ATSs, What’s Next? Study authored by Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung. . >>Read More

   
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Telephone Trading Nearing Its End
 

The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2007

   

“The telephone will be replaced by electronic order routing as the dominant way of trade communications in 2008.” Not only that, “buy-side traders now have no choice but to find liquidity wherever it is, driving the alternative marketplaces to go mainstream in 2008.” Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung tells the Globe and Mail’s Boyd Erman some of her key findings in the 2007 Canadian Buy-side Equity Trading: Exchange, Upstairs, ATSs, What’s Next study. >>Read More

   
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Canada’s Alternative Marketplaces About to Go Mainstream, New Study Finds
 

Investment Executive, September 14, 2007

   

Investment Executive reports on Competitive Metrics’ new study, 2007 Canadian Buy-side Equity Trading: Exchange, Upstairs, ATSs, What’s Next. The study finds that a dramatic shift from a dual-marketplace structure to a multiple-marketplace structure in Canada’s equity market has created a huge tidal wave in technology use that is going to transform the buy-side traders’ trading behaviour and their preferred way to find liquidity in the marketplaces. >>Read More

   
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Canada’s Alternative Marketplaces Are About to Go Mainstream As Buy-side Traders Finally Embrace Electronic Trading With Open Arms, A New Study Finds
 

Bobsguide, September 13, 2007

   

Bobsguide reviews the key findings of Competitive Metrics’ new study, 2007 Canadian Buy-side Equity Trading: Exchange, Upstairs, ATSs, What’s Next and the implications for the Canadian equity market.>>Read More

   
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Canadian Brokers Band Together to Form Alpha ATS
 

Advanced Trading, May 7, 2007

   

Seven of Canada’s largest investment dealers announced their plan to establish a new alternative trading system called Alpha that will pool their internal flows and increase the country’s equity trading efficiencies. Advanced Trading’s Ivy Schmerken interviews Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung on this new development. >>Read More

   
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TSX and Nymex: Perfect Together?

Wall Street & Technology, August 7, 2006

  Reportedly, the TSX is in talks to acquire a stake in the Nymex in return for control of TSX's Calgary-based Natural Gas Exchange. Wall Street & Technology’s Glenn Curtis interviews Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung on this subject. >>Read More
   
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MiFiD: Unintended Consequences
Wall Street & Technology, August 7, 2006
With its establishment of linkages among markets and the mandate for providing best execution, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive’s (MiFID) goal is to make Europe a united stock market by posting best quotes across borders. Competitive Metrics’ Jackie Chung discusses MiFiD’s implications with Wall Street & Technology’s Glenn Curtis. >>Read More
 
>> Changing Buy And Sell Side Trends And The Implications
Benefits and Pensions Monitor, June 2006
  In the last two years, major changes have taken place in the global industry and regulatory arenas. These changes have reshaped the investment landscape for the buy and sell sides. Plan sponsors can leverage technology and other tools to turn challenges into opportunities for more effective return generation and risk management, writes Jackie Chung, of Competitive Metrics Inc. >>Read More
 
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Institutional Trading Technology Changing Canada’s Equity Market
Benefits and Pensions Monitor, December 2005
Surprisingly, the telephone is still used for two-thirds of Canada’s institutional equity orders. However, this is changing and Jackie Chung, of Competitive Metrics Inc., and Marie Konstance, of Plexus Group Inc., explain what is happening and why. >>Read More
 
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Special Report: Canadian Investment Managers Adopt Automation

Hedge Fund & Investment Technology, November 1, 2005

The Canadian investment management industry has increased its use of OMSs and electronic trading as it responds to mounting regulatory and investor pressures for best execution and cost reduction. Hedge Fund & Investment Technology’s Stewart Eisenhart interviews our principal Jackie Chung to understand the changes happening in Canada. >>Read More
     
>> Change Ahead For Canadian Markets
  Wall Street & Technology, October 24, 2005
    Jackie Chung, the author of the Buy-side Electronic Trading and Best Execution in Canada report, tells Wall Street & Technology/ Advanced Trading magazine’s Kerry Massaro that 2006 will be a turning point for the Canadian institutional equity market.  >>Read More
     
>> Canadian Matching System Debuts with
  Traders magazine, September 2005
    One of Canada’s latest crossing systems, Markets Inc's Blockbook, began trading August 22, 2005. Traders magazine’s Michael Scotti interviews our principal Jackie Chung on Canada’s market structure and its implications for this new crossing system. >>Read More
     
>> More Managers in Canada Plan to Trade Electronically
  Pensions & Investments, September 5, 2005
    “Eighty-seven percent of investment managers we interviewed are connected to an electronic trading system,” Jackie Chung, author of the Buy-side Electronic Trading and Best Execution in Canada report tells Pensions & Investments’ Gregory Crawford.  >>Read More
     
>> For the latest trend in market trading, look to Baghdad
  The Globe and Mail, August 23, 2005
    In the future, “traders will be adding value beyond trade execution and be more involved in the investment process.” The Globe and Mail’s Andrew Willis reviews the key findings of the Buy-side Electronic Trading and Best Execution in Canada Study conducted by our principal Jackie Chung. >>Read More
     
>> Canadian regulators propose matching on T to foster STP – How can FIX and electronic trading help?
  FIX Global magazine, Q3 2004
    Canadian securities regulators recently published proposals to require institutional trade matching on trade date to foster Straight-Through Processing. This article discusses the proposed regulatory changes and suggests market participants take advantage of electronic trading and the FIX protocol to cope with the impending changes and improve operational efficiency. >>Read More
     
 

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