BuySide Struggles With Algo Glut

This article appears courtesy of Institutional Investor

This article appears courtesy of Institutional Investor

Source: Wall Street Letter

Veronica Belitski

Brokerage firms are racing to create new trading algorithms to hawk to the buy side, but the buyside isn’t buying the hype. Funds are overwhelmed by the number of new products on the market, but still don’t get enough service to be informed about correct use of the programmed trading strategies, traders said at last week’s World Research Group conference. There are 28 algorithm providers peddling five to seven algorithms each, and buy-side traders say they’re hard to compare.

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