Our Experts
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Peter Hauser
- president, MicroHedge
- trading
- 312-577-6301
- peter.hauser@sungard.com
Peter Hauser is the president of SunGard's MicroHedge business unit, responsible for strategy and development of the equity options trading platform. Mr. Hauser joined SunGard in 1999 and was appointed as president of MicroHedge in 2000. Prior to joining SunGard, Mr. Hauser held positions in sales with A-T Financial Information, Inc. and worked as a trader at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation.
Context
Peter Hauser is an expert in equity options trading. He continues to evolve MicroHedge, a listed equity options trading platform, to meet the changing landscape of options trading, including the market data tsunami, penny pricing and portfolio margining.
Commentary
The landscape of the options industry is rapidly changing with the introduction of electronic trading, penny pricing and portfolio margining. The challenge to stay ahead relies on technology that can deliver complete options trading functionality, from volatility skewing to aggregating and dissecting risk over ever larger positions, as well as fast and reliable market data feeds. How can options traders handle the market data tsunami? What are the challenges of managing risk across a large portfolio of options and stocks? How can technology be used to maximize profits from portfolio margining?