There are several bastions of old-school Wall Street that have remained relatively intact despite the recent algorithmic onslaught. Listed derivatives products, with their boring product standardization, transparency and clearing method that didn’t put the middle connector – the exchange – at risk were among the early financial industries to automate. Now listed derivatives trading is almost entirely automated. But there are those on Wall Street who resist the automation trend. Among the old school fighting to hang on to not only a trading methodology but a lucrative way of life is the corporate bond trader. But a new study from…
Corporate Debt Issuance Soars As Machines Take Over
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.