Belzberg Technologies Inc. (TSX -BLZ), a provider of technology-based equity and options trading services, announced today that in the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 the net loss was $0.3 million including a previously announced unusual pre-tax trading error of $0.8 million. Net earnings in the same quarter last year were $1.8 million.
Total revenue for the third quarter increased 13% to $11.0 million versus $9.7 million in the same year-ago period. Diluted loss per share for the third quarter was ($0.02) per share as compared to earnings of $0.12 per share in the same year-ago period.
Showing posts with label equities trading. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Friday, 31 October 2008
Equities Trading
ABCDS
A credit default swap based on an Asset-Backed Security itself based on relatively risky home equity loans (U.S.) In effect a type of insurance against default on the underlying ABS.
Advantest
Supplier of automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry. Advantest's SoC, logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary in 1984. More information is available at www.advantest.com.
Arbitrage
Simultaneous sale and purchase of identical or equivalent financial instruments or commodity futures to benefit from a discrepancy in their prices.
At-the-money
Occurs if the strike price of the option is equal to the market price of underlying security.
Beauchamp
A platform to manage complex portfolios and satisfy investor and regulatory requirements. Supplied by Linedata
Capped-Style Option
Option with an established profit cap. The cap price is equal to the option's strike price plus a cap interval for a call option or the strike price minus a cap interval for a put option. Exercised automatically when the underlying security closes above or below the cap price, depending on whether it is a call or a put.
Common Criteria
Set of strict predefined requirements for security.
Compliance Hub
Post-trade automation derivative products. Examples are credit and equity swaps. Communicator Inc.
Covered Call Option Writing
Trading strategy involving simultaneously selling call options and owning an equivalent position in the underlying security. The reverse is to sells a put option and shorting the underlying security.
Equiduct
Multilateral trading facility majority owned by Borse Berlin and Burgundy. Nordic equities markets are the main target.
EquiLend
EquiLend is a provider of trading services for the securities finance industry. With its robust suite of automated trading tools, EquiLend enables its clients to scale their businesses with great efficiency on a global basis in all securities finance markets. Used by borrowers and lenders throughout the world, the EquiLend platform automates formerly manual trading and post-trade processes.
EVCA
Equity and Venture Capital Association
Fidessa Next Phase of European Multi-Asset Strategy
Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA), a leading global provider of multi-asset trading systems, market data and global connectivity solutions, has added an enhanced multi-asset, pre-trade risk module for account-based trading across equities, futures and contracts for difference (CFDs) to its European sell-side trading platform. The move marks the latest phase in Fidessa’s comprehensive multi-asset strategy, and is a direct response to increasing asset convergence seen in both the US and Europe.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
Directive from the U.S. Federal Government requiring all Federal employees and contractors be issued with a uniform card by October 2006 for access to facilities and computer systems.
Human Resource Management
Support activity in the value chain analysis. Included are recruitment, hiring, training, development, and compensation of all personnel required for the entity or company.
Initial Performance Bond
Also known as "Initial Margin". Funds required when a futures position is opened.
International Accounting Standards No.19
Accounting standard requiring listed companies account for the financial condition of their pension funds on the balance sheet, particularly in the case of defined pension pension schemes.
LEAPS
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities
Liquidnet
Electronic marketplace that facilitates institutional equities trading for asset management firms worldwide.
Livedoor
Japanese company at the centre of a corporate governance scandal. Can be seen as the equivalent of World-Com or Enron as it is used as evidence of the need for a Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley type legislation on internal controls over financial reporting.
Margin Requirement for Options
Amount an uncovered (naked) option writer is required to deposit and maintain to cover a position. Calculated
Market Timing
US illegal practice of trading in mutual fund companies after the daily fixed pric, profiting from knowledg of subsequent market moves that had not been in the price.
Marketplace Rules 4310(c)(4)
NASDAQ rule requiring companies to have a $1 share price to remain on the market.
NYSE Euronext
Parent company of exchanges including New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms.
NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Equities in a Box
NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, a world leader in low latency trading technology and division of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced an innovative software based solution that has the capability to comfortably handle 10 major US equities feeds on a single server with potential headroom of 3x current market peak capacity.
Physical Controls
A type of control activity. They involve the physical security of assets. They ensure adequate safeguards over access to assets and records.
Private Equity Intelligence
Research group specialising in the private equity arena.
Quadriserv Investors
Quadriserv, Inc. today announced the addition of Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, LLLP, an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group, LLP, and Round Table Partners to its investor ranks. These investing partners join existing institutional investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Merrill Lynch and Renaissance Technologies, LLC to fund the ongoing development and commercialization of Quadriserv’s innovative securities lending platform.
Rule enforced by the SEC requiring U.S. to make available to the public that they make to securities analysts. If the disclosure is intentional the release has to be simultaneous. Unintentional disclosure has to be made available to the public within 24 hours.
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
Section 104
Section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring the PCAOB to inspect registered public accounting firms on a regular basis
Section 302
Section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requiring a certification to accompany each quarterly and annual report filed with the SEC.
Seibu Railway Co.
Japanese company at the centre of a corporate governance scandal. Can be seen as the equivalent of World-Com or Enron as it is used as evidence of the need for a Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley type legislation on internal controls over financial reporting.
SFAS 123R
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Share-Based Payment. Requires companies to recognize compensation paid in the form of employee stock options as a cost in their financial statements.
Statement No. 123R
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Share-Based Payment. Requires companies to recognize compensation paid in the form of employee stock options as a cost in their financial statements.
Information, data or a device to which an end-user or other device requires access
Terra Firma
UK private equity firm.
Tervela
Founded in 2004, Tervela delivers the next-generation communications infrastructure -- the message network -- designed and engineered to exceed the information dissemination and processing requirements of the world's most demanding financial services institutions. Addressing the challenges of market volume, volatility and visibility, Tervela invented the message switch to enable investment banks, hedge funds, exchanges and other data-intensive organizations to deliver consistent, outstanding and predictable performance -- even in the most demanding market conditions. The company is funded by Goldman Sachs, Sigma Partners, Acartha Group and North Hill Ventures. For more information, please visit http://www.tervela.com/.
A credit default swap based on an Asset-Backed Security itself based on relatively risky home equity loans (U.S.) In effect a type of insurance against default on the underlying ABS.
Advantest
Supplier of automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry. Advantest's SoC, logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary in 1984. More information is available at www.advantest.com.
Arbitrage
Simultaneous sale and purchase of identical or equivalent financial instruments or commodity futures to benefit from a discrepancy in their prices.
At-the-money
Occurs if the strike price of the option is equal to the market price of underlying security.
Beauchamp
A platform to manage complex portfolios and satisfy investor and regulatory requirements. Supplied by Linedata
Capped-Style Option
Option with an established profit cap. The cap price is equal to the option's strike price plus a cap interval for a call option or the strike price minus a cap interval for a put option. Exercised automatically when the underlying security closes above or below the cap price, depending on whether it is a call or a put.
Common Criteria
Set of strict predefined requirements for security.
Compliance Hub
Post-trade automation derivative products. Examples are credit and equity swaps. Communicator Inc.
Covered Call Option Writing
Trading strategy involving simultaneously selling call options and owning an equivalent position in the underlying security. The reverse is to sells a put option and shorting the underlying security.
Equiduct
Multilateral trading facility majority owned by Borse Berlin and Burgundy. Nordic equities markets are the main target.
EquiLend
EquiLend is a provider of trading services for the securities finance industry. With its robust suite of automated trading tools, EquiLend enables its clients to scale their businesses with great efficiency on a global basis in all securities finance markets. Used by borrowers and lenders throughout the world, the EquiLend platform automates formerly manual trading and post-trade processes.
EVCA
Equity and Venture Capital Association
Fidessa Next Phase of European Multi-Asset Strategy
Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA), a leading global provider of multi-asset trading systems, market data and global connectivity solutions, has added an enhanced multi-asset, pre-trade risk module for account-based trading across equities, futures and contracts for difference (CFDs) to its European sell-side trading platform. The move marks the latest phase in Fidessa’s comprehensive multi-asset strategy, and is a direct response to increasing asset convergence seen in both the US and Europe.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
Directive from the U.S. Federal Government requiring all Federal employees and contractors be issued with a uniform card by October 2006 for access to facilities and computer systems.
Human Resource Management
Support activity in the value chain analysis. Included are recruitment, hiring, training, development, and compensation of all personnel required for the entity or company.
Initial Performance Bond
Also known as "Initial Margin". Funds required when a futures position is opened.
International Accounting Standards No.19
Accounting standard requiring listed companies account for the financial condition of their pension funds on the balance sheet, particularly in the case of defined pension pension schemes.
LEAPS
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities
Liquidnet
Electronic marketplace that facilitates institutional equities trading for asset management firms worldwide.
Livedoor
Japanese company at the centre of a corporate governance scandal. Can be seen as the equivalent of World-Com or Enron as it is used as evidence of the need for a Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley type legislation on internal controls over financial reporting.
Margin Requirement for Options
Amount an uncovered (naked) option writer is required to deposit and maintain to cover a position. Calculated
Market Timing
US illegal practice of trading in mutual fund companies after the daily fixed pric, profiting from knowledg of subsequent market moves that had not been in the price.
Marketplace Rules 4310(c)(4)
NASDAQ rule requiring companies to have a $1 share price to remain on the market.
NYSE Euronext
Parent company of exchanges including New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms.
NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Equities in a Box
NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, a world leader in low latency trading technology and division of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced an innovative software based solution that has the capability to comfortably handle 10 major US equities feeds on a single server with potential headroom of 3x current market peak capacity.
Physical Controls
A type of control activity. They involve the physical security of assets. They ensure adequate safeguards over access to assets and records.
Private Equity Intelligence
Research group specialising in the private equity arena.
Quadriserv Investors
Quadriserv, Inc. today announced the addition of Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, LLLP, an affiliate of Susquehanna International Group, LLP, and Round Table Partners to its investor ranks. These investing partners join existing institutional investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Merrill Lynch and Renaissance Technologies, LLC to fund the ongoing development and commercialization of Quadriserv’s innovative securities lending platform.
Rule enforced by the SEC requiring U.S. to make available to the public that they make to securities analysts. If the disclosure is intentional the release has to be simultaneous. Unintentional disclosure has to be made available to the public within 24 hours.
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
Section 104
Section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring the PCAOB to inspect registered public accounting firms on a regular basis
Section 302
Section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requiring a certification to accompany each quarterly and annual report filed with the SEC.
Seibu Railway Co.
Japanese company at the centre of a corporate governance scandal. Can be seen as the equivalent of World-Com or Enron as it is used as evidence of the need for a Japanese Sarbanes-Oxley type legislation on internal controls over financial reporting.
SFAS 123R
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Share-Based Payment. Requires companies to recognize compensation paid in the form of employee stock options as a cost in their financial statements.
Statement No. 123R
FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Share-Based Payment. Requires companies to recognize compensation paid in the form of employee stock options as a cost in their financial statements.
Information, data or a device to which an end-user or other device requires access
Terra Firma
UK private equity firm.
Tervela
Founded in 2004, Tervela delivers the next-generation communications infrastructure -- the message network -- designed and engineered to exceed the information dissemination and processing requirements of the world's most demanding financial services institutions. Addressing the challenges of market volume, volatility and visibility, Tervela invented the message switch to enable investment banks, hedge funds, exchanges and other data-intensive organizations to deliver consistent, outstanding and predictable performance -- even in the most demanding market conditions. The company is funded by Goldman Sachs, Sigma Partners, Acartha Group and North Hill Ventures. For more information, please visit http://www.tervela.com/.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Nomura Acquires European Arm of Lehman Brothers
Nomura, has reached an agreement to acquire the European and Middle Eastern equities and investment banking operations of Lehman Brothers.
The acquisition will provide Nomura with a market leading equities and investment banking platform in the region and further enhance Nomura's strategy of connecting Asia and Europe. The deal follows Nomura's agreement yesterday to acquire Lehman Brothers' entire franchise in the Asia Pacific region including Japan and Australia.
Lehman's equities and investment banking businesses in Europe and the Middle East employed around 2500 staff, of whom a significant proportion are expected to be retained.
The deal does not include any trading assets or trading liabilities and Nomura will pay an undisclosed sum for the businesses.
Kenichi Watanabe, Nomura's CEO, said: "In the past 24 hours Nomura has executed two transformational deals. This transaction will significantly extend our European footprint and international reach, enabling us to realise our strategy of delivering Asia to the world. Our immediate priority is to get the equity and investment banking divisions back in business operating under the Nomura name."
The acquisition will provide Nomura with a market leading equities and investment banking platform in the region and further enhance Nomura's strategy of connecting Asia and Europe. The deal follows Nomura's agreement yesterday to acquire Lehman Brothers' entire franchise in the Asia Pacific region including Japan and Australia.
Lehman's equities and investment banking businesses in Europe and the Middle East employed around 2500 staff, of whom a significant proportion are expected to be retained.
The deal does not include any trading assets or trading liabilities and Nomura will pay an undisclosed sum for the businesses.
Kenichi Watanabe, Nomura's CEO, said: "In the past 24 hours Nomura has executed two transformational deals. This transaction will significantly extend our European footprint and international reach, enabling us to realise our strategy of delivering Asia to the world. Our immediate priority is to get the equity and investment banking divisions back in business operating under the Nomura name."
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Pali Hires
Pali Capital, Inc., the US broker-dealer subsidiary of Pali Holdings, Inc., continued build out of its equity team with the addition of four very experienced equity hires. Ed Bralower, Frank Miceli and Greg Mulbury have joined as Equity Sales Traders, and Rick Bradt joins the firm's Research Sales team. All four are based in Pali's New York office and report to Michael Towey and Kevin Fisher, Co-heads of U.S. Equities.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Instinet Europe Best Execution Policy Review
Instinet Europe Limited, the European agency brokerage subsidiary of electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services leader Instinet Incorporated, today published the key findings of its Best Execution Policy Review, conducted in accordance with MiFID regulations. The review covers Instinet Europe’s trading performance from 1 May 2008 through to 31 July 2008 (months 7-9 of MiFID) and follows the firm’s published findings of its execution quality from MiFID’s first six months in June.
The key findings are as follows:
• Instinet Europe’s SmartRouter™ has been enhanced to interact with new trading venues as they have been introduced. The average price improvement(1) when trading on new venues was 5.32 bps for the three month measurement period, and consistently improved month over month, rising to 6.43 bps in July 2008 compared with an initial 1.73 bps in November 2007, when MiFID was introduced.
• Of the shares traded away from the primary markets on alternative trading venues, Instinet Europe’s clients received price improvement 54.2 percent of the time (by value traded) and executed at the same price or better than found on the primary markets 96.0 percent of the time.
• By value traded, Instinet Europe executions away from the primary markets in UK, French, German and Dutch equities increased to 32.5 percent in July 2008 from 26.4 percent in May 2008. For UK equities alone, Instinet Europe in July 2008 executed 43.5 percent of its volume away from the London Stock Exchange, compared with 37.0 percent in May 2008.
• Instinet Europe has connected to and is successfully trading on both Turquoise and SWX Swiss Block, the two new multi-lateral trading facilities to have launched in August. Instinet Europe also became a direct member of the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Stock Exchange in August. During the review period, Instinet went live with the BlockMatch™ MTF, Instinet’s European block crossing platform, and announced a bilateral agreement with Credit Suisse to provide mutual access to each others’ dark pools. Additionally, Instinet Europe expects to continue to link to new liquidity pools as they become available, including BATS Europe, NASDAQ OMX Europe, NYSE Euronext’s SmartPool.
• Although not within the scope of MiFID, Instinet’s execution performance in US shares remains strong. In Investment Technology Group, Inc.’s (ITG®) recently published ITG Broker Edge™ report, which covered the four-quarter period ended 31 March, 2008, Instinet was ranked first for execution quality in overall US stock trading and #1 in nine out of the 14 ITG Broker Edge trading categories, as measured by value-added.
The key findings are as follows:
• Instinet Europe’s SmartRouter™ has been enhanced to interact with new trading venues as they have been introduced. The average price improvement(1) when trading on new venues was 5.32 bps for the three month measurement period, and consistently improved month over month, rising to 6.43 bps in July 2008 compared with an initial 1.73 bps in November 2007, when MiFID was introduced.
• Of the shares traded away from the primary markets on alternative trading venues, Instinet Europe’s clients received price improvement 54.2 percent of the time (by value traded) and executed at the same price or better than found on the primary markets 96.0 percent of the time.
• By value traded, Instinet Europe executions away from the primary markets in UK, French, German and Dutch equities increased to 32.5 percent in July 2008 from 26.4 percent in May 2008. For UK equities alone, Instinet Europe in July 2008 executed 43.5 percent of its volume away from the London Stock Exchange, compared with 37.0 percent in May 2008.
• Instinet Europe has connected to and is successfully trading on both Turquoise and SWX Swiss Block, the two new multi-lateral trading facilities to have launched in August. Instinet Europe also became a direct member of the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Stock Exchange in August. During the review period, Instinet went live with the BlockMatch™ MTF, Instinet’s European block crossing platform, and announced a bilateral agreement with Credit Suisse to provide mutual access to each others’ dark pools. Additionally, Instinet Europe expects to continue to link to new liquidity pools as they become available, including BATS Europe, NASDAQ OMX Europe, NYSE Euronext’s SmartPool.
• Although not within the scope of MiFID, Instinet’s execution performance in US shares remains strong. In Investment Technology Group, Inc.’s (ITG®) recently published ITG Broker Edge™ report, which covered the four-quarter period ended 31 March, 2008, Instinet was ranked first for execution quality in overall US stock trading and #1 in nine out of the 14 ITG Broker Edge trading categories, as measured by value-added.
Friday, 5 September 2008
SaxoTrader
With SaxoTrader you get full access to all Saxo Bank's trading products through a multi asset trading platform.
20-day free demo account with $100.000 to practise on
Private, individual or joint accounts
Complete range of stocks, funds, currency crosses, futures contracts and more
Direct access to Saxo Bank dealers and a comprehensive customer service offering
Minimum account opening balance is USD 10,000 or equivalent
20-day free demo account with $100.000 to practise on
Private, individual or joint accounts
Complete range of stocks, funds, currency crosses, futures contracts and more
Direct access to Saxo Bank dealers and a comprehensive customer service offering
Minimum account opening balance is USD 10,000 or equivalent
Friday, 29 August 2008
Neonet in BATS Europe Access Offer
Neonet, is to offer access to the new alternative market, BATS Europe. Neonet already offers trading at BATS US and will offer access to BATS'
European Markets division for its buy- and sell-side clients upon the platform's target launch in November.
Trading in Europe is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, and BATS Europe represents a new generation of trading platforms. BATS was launched in the US in January 2006 as one of the fastest-growing, top-tier equity markets - it has more than a 10 percent matched share of the US market - and is now expanding into Europe. BATS recently received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become a national securities exchange, and will go live as an exchange in October.
Mark Hemsley chief executive of BATS' European Markets division, said "We are pleased to further our relationship with Neonet and look forward to the significant order flow this agreement is likely to bring. BATS Europe aims to follow a similar roadmap to its US counterpart and we are excited about the opportunity to Make Markets Better here."
"As the global capital markets continue to evolve, you can be confident in Neonet to offer trading at the most competitive and liquid marketplaces. Neonet blends the order books of traditional exchanges and alternative marketplaces into a river of liquidity to ensure that transactions are made at the best possible price across multiple markets. We are thrilled to extend our relations with BATS as they bring their offering to Europe," states Simon Nathanson, CEO and President of Neonet.
European Markets division for its buy- and sell-side clients upon the platform's target launch in November.
Trading in Europe is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, and BATS Europe represents a new generation of trading platforms. BATS was launched in the US in January 2006 as one of the fastest-growing, top-tier equity markets - it has more than a 10 percent matched share of the US market - and is now expanding into Europe. BATS recently received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become a national securities exchange, and will go live as an exchange in October.
Mark Hemsley chief executive of BATS' European Markets division, said "We are pleased to further our relationship with Neonet and look forward to the significant order flow this agreement is likely to bring. BATS Europe aims to follow a similar roadmap to its US counterpart and we are excited about the opportunity to Make Markets Better here."
"As the global capital markets continue to evolve, you can be confident in Neonet to offer trading at the most competitive and liquid marketplaces. Neonet blends the order books of traditional exchanges and alternative marketplaces into a river of liquidity to ensure that transactions are made at the best possible price across multiple markets. We are thrilled to extend our relations with BATS as they bring their offering to Europe," states Simon Nathanson, CEO and President of Neonet.
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Finotec Group
Finotec Group, Inc., a pioneer in online forex trading, developed an internet-based software platform that allows clients to trade in the foreign exchange market. In addition to offering online forex trading, Finotec also offers online trading in indices, equities, commodities, futures and options in one integrated user-friendly system. The Finotec online platform offers real-time pricing and a sophisticated charting tool with over 50 easy-to-use technical indicators.
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