JLN Options Newsletter & Marketswiki feature:
26 January, 2012
Rob Prior talks with MarketsWiki's Doug Ashburn about the evolution of the market-maker space, current trends, and the future of trading. read more...
Actant announces complete SPXpm solution for C2 traders
30 September, 2011: Chicago, USA
Following on from CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ: CBOE) announcement that it will begin trading SPXpm, the new S&P 500 Index option product on the C2 Options Exchange (C2) on Tuesday 4 October 2011, Actant is delighted to announce its SPXpm solution is ready for production. read more...
NYSE Euronext- New Technology Solutions Seminar
Tuesday 27 September 2011: Wall Street, New York
Learn how our combined cutting-edge technology solutions can save you costs and offer a competitive advantage.
As a market maker or high frequency trader you are constantly looking for lower latency solutions in the pursuit of best execution for your clients. This seminar will provide insight into how NYSE Technologies and our partners are developing their solutions to give you an edge.
September 2011: New York
On the back of ISE's launch of its restructured Competitive Market Maker (CMM) trading rights on September 1, 2011, Actant is pleased to announce that its quoting solution, Actant Quote, is ISE compliant. read more...
Former Timber Hill and Interactive Brokers Managing Director, Rob Prior, announced as new Actant CEO
Monday 13 June 2011: London, New York, Chicago, Zug - Switzerland
Actant, a market-leader in software solutions for high performance automated derivatives trading, today announced the appointment of Rob Prior as CEO. His arrival has been heralded as something of a coup for the company as it continues to build on its recent launch of a new low latency, programmable, algorithmic trading application, Actant ExStream. read more...
JLN Options Newsletter : A talk with Fraser Reid, Vice President, North America at Actant
25 May 2011: Savannah
Fraser met with JLN Options editor Sarah Rudolph at the Options Industry Conference in Savannah to talk about Actant's newest product and the challenges in a changing options industry.
John Fickle joins Actant as US Sales Director
09 May 2011: Chicago
John joins Actant on the back of nearly 20 years' experience in financial services, risk management and capital markets. Most recently, he was a member of The NASDAQ Stock Market's Global Corporate Client Group for the Midwest, significantly increasing both client base and revenues.
New Technology Solutions - A brief seminar & cocktail reception - NYSE Euronext
22 March 2011
Learn how our cutting-edge technology solutions can save you costs and deliver a competitive advantage. As a market maker, you are constantly looking for lower latency solutions in the pursuit of best execution for your clients. This seminar will provide insight into how NYSE Technologies and Actant are developing their solutions to give you an edge. Register Now
Paul Cairns joins Actant as European Sales Director
10 March 2011
Actant, the market-leader in quoting solutions for trading professionals on the electronic derivatives markets, today announced the appointment of Paul Cairns as European Sales Director. His arrival coincides with the launch of Actant's new low latency, programmable, algorithmic trading application, Actant ExStream.
Actant launches ExStream. From FOintelligence.com
02 March 2011
Actant, the electronic derivatives markets quoting solutions firm, has launched a low latency, programmable, algorithmic trading application, Actant ExStream. The software seeks out trading opportunities across multiple derivatives markets and multiple asset classes, managing order execution once identified.
ExStream looks to address issues such as liquidity and volatility risk with a powerful combination of automation, scale and customisation. The product is applicable to users trading as exchange members, or as users trading as non-members who trade via third party execution brokers.
Actant's CEO, Peter Grant, said in statement 'We are extremely pleased to have received such positive feedback on the power of Actant ExStream from the trading community already. We are happy for it to be proven time and again.'
28 Feb 2011
Actant ExStream seeks out trading opportunities across multiple derivatives markets and multiple asset classes, managing order execution once identified.
Issues such as the loss of liquidity in the markets, market volatility – or lack of it, fewer opportunities and tighter margins mean it's never been harder to make money from trading. But the launch of Actant ExStream looks to address this, with a powerful combination of automation, scale and customisation, offering traders a new level of trading intelligence.
Actant experiences significant sales surge.
Actant today announced a surge in sales across their core market-making business. New clients trading on CBOE, AMEX and NYSE Liffe have been welcomed from across all markets in which they operate, including the UK, Amsterdam and the US.
Now everyone can play super investor
Dutch Financial Times, 24 September 2010, Martine Wolzak
High frequency trading - flash trading - has been the Rolls Royce of investment strategies for a long time. Nice, and expensive. But in only a short time, everyone will be able to play the game.
Two years since Lehman: what has changed for F&O?
21st September 2010, Published in FOI and FOW
The market shocks of autumn 2008 led to two turbulent years for futures and options markets. But while the headlines have been dominated by depressed volumes and regulatory upheaval, much has been changing underneath.
Mark Aarons, chairman of Actant, argues that listed derivatives will grow steadily in volume, and that tomorrow's hyperfast markets will hold plenty of opportunities, even for smaller firms.
Actant partners with Object Trading to deliver ultra high frequency trading solution
LONDON. 24th September 2010
Actant, leading global provider of ultra high performance programmable trading software, today announced a partnership with Object Trading, specialists in direct market access (DMA) for ultra high frequency buy side and sell side market participants.
Actant Upgrades To NYSE Technologies' SuperFeed Data Platform
July 27 2010
NYSE Technologies announced today that software-trading firm Actant will begin using its SuperFeed data platform as it looks to gain access to overseas markets.
Peter Grant - Chief Executive Officer
Peter joined actant in March 2010 with a brief to further accelerate business growth, bringing fifteen years of highly productive experience in software sales and marketing, and team leadership.
He was responsible for spectacular growth as New Technology Sales Manager for ICL Fujitsu and, as Global Account Director, helped Siebel Systems become the fastest growing software company in history. He was UK Managing Director at salesforce.com and most recently VP Worldwide Sales for Tideway Systems which he helped prepare for their acquisition by BMC Software. more...
London/New York, 29 September 2009
Leading trading software firm actant (www.actant.com) today announces that their flagship trading application AQTOR is now up to ten times faster in terms of quote and order execution turnaround time. more...
