Category: ET-Transaction Cost AnalysisOn 01 Nov 2005 in ET-Trading Technology, ET-Transaction Cost Analysis, Electronic Trading 
Crossing systems supplier Headstrong Inc. has launched Stride Cross Analysis, a transaction cost analysis service that measures the performance of internal crossing engines. The service is aims to help both buy- and sell-side institutions measure potential savings from using an internal crossing mechanism.
On 01 Nov 2005 in ET-Market Research, ET-Transaction Cost Analysis, Electronic Trading
Buy-side traders will become more like risk managers in the future, and those traders than cannot prove their value will be replaced by algorithms and other automated trading tools.
On 01 Oct 2005 in ET-Transaction Cost Analysis, Electronic Trading
Investment Technology Group (ITG) is set to boost its non-commission revenue and expand its client base into the plan sponsor and sell-side markets in U.S. and Europe through its $12 million cash acquisition of Plexus Group, a supplier of transaction cost analysis, trade research and consulting services. The move also appears to seek to establish ITG as a full-service provider of transaction cost analysis, with Plexus’s macro-approach providing a firm complementary fit with ITG’s micro-approach.
