Transaction-cost analysis (TCA)
TradeTech Paris: Mind the Gap
The annual TradeTech event taking place in Paris has triggered a lot of debate, ranging from the legitimacy of high-frequency trading (HFT) practices, to the need for accurate and reliable Transaction-Cost Analysis (TCA) tools and the future of dark-pool…
ITG Launches Trading Cost Index, App
Agency brokerage and trading technology provider ITG unveiled a new index today, Wednesday, March 19, that tracks daily transaction costs across different regions and assets, to provide portfolio managers and traders with a quick, aggregate view of…
US Treasuries' Trading Quietly Under Transformation, Panel Says
At a TabbForum event last week, a quartet of buy-side and sell-side participants highlighted how electronic trading in treasury bonds has advanced in the past 12 months, even if they've done so with little fanfare. Both opportunities and apprehension…
Markit Adds TCA Analytics to Eze OMS
Buy-side order management system vendor Eze Software is making transaction cost analysis capabilities from UK-based data vendor Markit available to clients of its Eze OMS, to allow users to vice pre-trade forecasts-covering the market impact nad…
ITG Eyes Predictive FX TCA
Agency broker and technology provider ITG launched its foreign exchange (FX) transaction cost analysis (TCA) tool last year, and is looking ahead at possible developments for the future. These include a form of day-start predictive analytics that can…
TradingScreen Concentrates TCA Efforts on FX Front
Although TradingScreen’s Jon Fatica envisions fixed income as the next frontier in transaction cost analysis (TCA), his company has put the bulk of its recent effort into foreign exchange (FX) TCA.
SunGard Unveils Valdi TCA Tool
SunGard has introduced Valdi Trading Analytics (VTA), a global offering that provides front-office personnel, particularly those within buy-side firms, with real-time trade execution performance and financial analytics support.
InfoReach Rolls Out Real-Time TCA Analysis
Tool will give buy-side firms and brokers access to a "second opinion" on the expected market impact of trades, officials say.
Who Should Pay for the New TCA?
When it came time to announce who will bear the cost of next-generation transaction cost analysis (TCA), the experts had more than one suggestion.
ConvergEx TCA Goes Global
The upgraded TCA is now available in markets outside of the US.
TCA: Comparing Apples to Apples
As transaction-cost analysis continues to evolve, both the buy and sell sides are using it not only to determine performance levels, but in all areas of the trade lifecycle. Given these developments, what are the key considerations for an effective TCA…
Portware Clients Move Totally to the Cloud
Though Portware's FX platform is available on-site and in the cloud, the latter's popularity has overwhelmed the former.
TradingScreen Debuts Real-Time TCA
By providing feedback during the trading day, TradingScreen wants to help clients make quick decisions.
TCA Comes to Futures and FX
Transaction-cost analysis started in equities and, for the most part, hasn’t left—until recently. For various reasons, demand among FX and futures traders for a way to measure their execution costs is growing, and vendors are responding. By Jake Thomases
ITG Introduces TCA for Forex Traders
New tool will help buy-side traders to better understand the liquidity landscape and manage volatility in the FX market.
Abel Noser Releases FX TCA
The offering comes in response to lawsuits accusing custodian banks of overcharging on FX transactions.
MarketAxess to Apply New Cost Analysis to Fixed Income Trading
RexIQ methodology will apply a TCA approach to determining the cost of trading in corporate bonds.
