Big Board is Out, Dark Pools are In

Thanks for returning to FinTechIsrael! Have you already subscribed to our RSS feed? Such is the takeway from two articles that ran in tandem on Friday in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune: Rivals Pose Threat to New York Stock Exchange and European Stock Exchanges Rattled by...

Investment Research and News using Social Media Tools

Inaugural Event Firstly, I’m glad to finally announce the first meetup, to be held on September 16th at the Recanati School of Business in Tel Aviv University. Our first event will feature Oded Zehavi from Leumi Card, a payments veteran, who will speak about industry trends in Israel and abroad. We...

What is high-speed trading truly capable of? Why is it the new scapegoat

Deutsche Borse In a series of fascinating articles all weekend, covering the NYTimes article about low-latency/high-frequency electronic trading tactics, there has been a healthy debate about whether such trading tactics were the force behind Goldman Sachs astronomical trading profits. To brush up on the...