May 2013
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Banks Win Big as Regulators Refuse to Rein in $700...
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Critics of big data have overlooked the speed...
Velocity, not volume is increasingly what determines the hardware and software needs of data-processing organisations • More from the Guardian’s series on big data Critics of big data are picking holes in its validity as a concept, but there is a problem…
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Technology chief leaves Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s chief technology officer has left the data giant just a year after joining from rival operator NYSE Technologies, Financial News has learned. Stanley Young, chief executive of Bloomberg’s enterprise products and solutions business – known as…
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Sheila Bair: Dodd-Frank really did end taxpayer...
Sheila bair, the hard-charing former chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, walks us through Dodd-Frank. See on washingtonpost.com
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Two-speed future for high-frequency algorithmic...
Three years on from the infamous flash crash of 2010, there is relief for some that speed limits do not feature in new European rules on high-frequency trading, but others now see a gap in the market for a slow lane. See on euromoney.com
HKMEx Voluntarily Surrenders Authorisation To...
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) announce May 18 it has decided to voluntarily surrender the authorisation to provide automated trading services (“ATS”) granted by the Securities and Futures Commission (“the SFC”). With immediate effect, no new…
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Is EVERY Market Rigged?
CNN reports : The European Commission raided the offices of Shell, BP and Norway’s Statoil this week as part of an investigation into suspected attempts to manipulate global oil prices spanning more than a decade.
None of the companies have been accused…
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Trade Execution Rules Under Scrutiny – Integral...
Integral Development Corporation responds to CFTC’s meeting regarding trade execution rules. Company set to launch SEFs in accordance with deadline set by regulators at yesterday’s public meeting i…
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Trade Execution Rules Under Scrutiny – Integral...
Integral Development Corporation responds to CFTC’s meeting regarding trade execution rules. Company set to launch SEFs in accordance with deadline set by regulators at yesterday’s public meeting i… See on forexmagnates.com
7 Big Stories That Traders Are Talking About This...
Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus passes along the top stories that traders are talking about this weekend.
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7 Big Stories That Traders Are Talking About This...
Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus passes along the top stories that traders are talking about this weekend. See on businessinsider.com
Issues in the Valuation of Derivatives: John Hull
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Global Derivatives 2013 Flashback
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How to harness Big Data in motion
Here are some of the technologies that companies need to look at if they want real-time big data analytics…
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Big Banks Get Break in Rules to Limit Risks
Lobbyists for the nation’s biggest banks have persuaded federal regulators to soften a proposed Dodd-Frank rule, a move that is expected to protect Wall Street’s control over the $700 trillion derivatives market…
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Ian Fraser: The beauty and insanity of HFT
By Ian Fraser, a financial journalist who blogs at his web site and at qfinance. His Twitter is @ian_fraser .
What has become of our markets? Nanex, the market analysis firm, has animated a half second of trading activity in Johnson & Johnson stock. The…
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60 Percent of Derivatives Users Unprepared for...
60 Percent of Derivatives Users Unprepared for Dodd Frank and EMIR —Study
Sixty percent of derivatives end-users who face regulatory requirements from Dodd-Frank are not yet prepared for compliance, according to a recent survey of 156 end-users from derivatives advisory firm Chatham Financial . The survey found that the vast…
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CenturyLinkVoice: How Financial Firms Can Turn The...
Data is the lifeblood of the trading markets. For a long time, financial firms channeled their IT energy and resources into connecting to and storing that data. Low-latency access was good, but ultra-low latency was even better…
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The Future of Financial Engineering by Charles...
Convergence of financial theory and practice heralded by the seminal and fundamental economic research by Arrow and Debreu in the early 1950’s has led in the ha
Hayden Richards‘s insight:
By Charles S Tapiero.
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The Future of Financial Engineering by Charles...
Convergence of financial theory and practice heralded by the seminal and fundamental economic research by Arrow and Debreu in the early 1950’s has led in the ha Hayden Richards’s insight: By Charles S Tapiero. Abstract: Convergence of financial theory and practice heralded by the seminal and fundamental economic research by Arrow and Debreu in the early 1950’s has led in the hands...
High-Speed Traders’ Campaign Contributions...
High-Speed Traders’ Campaign Contributions Shot Up 673 Percent From 2008 to 2012
Campaign contributions by high-frequency trading firms have skyrocketed 673 percent since 2008, according to a new report focusing on 48 companies. These traders contributed $16.1 million during the 2012 election cycle, up from just $2.1 million in 2008.…
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Nasdaq's PHLX Options Market Has...
Nasdaq’s PHLX Options Market Has ‘Issues,’ Halts Some Trading
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ) on Thursday halted trading in some stock-options contracts on its largest options exchange due to “system issues,” according to notices sent to traders…
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Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’...
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial reforms contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, one of the Senate’s biggest consumer advocates is…
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Big Data and Hadoop will be Huge at HP Discover
New ways to capitalize on big data and Hadoop will be huge at Discover 2013 . And they’ve been getting a lot of attention over at Transforming IT blog, too. In his latest post, HP big data expert Amos Ferrari unveils a new functional architecture that…
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TSX climbs more than 100 points on U.S. data
TORONTO – The Toronto Stock Exchange surged ahead Friday, encouraged by gains from the U.S. markets, after data showed the world’s largest economy may be in recovery…
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NYSE cancels irregular trades in Anadarko stock:...
(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange canceled trades in Anadarko Petroleum Corp after a blip in trading cut the market value of the company by 99 percent, according to a report in Bloomberg. Trading in the shares of the $45.15 billion company plunged…
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10-Second Rule Adopted for Reporting Transactions
The SEC has approved FINRA s proposal to require brokers to report details of equities transactions within 10 seconds of execution. The manual nature of an execution, however, will be taken into account. See on securitiestechnologymonitor.com
New Regulatory Requirements For Algorithmic And...
15 May 2013 - Germany - Finance and Banking - New Regulatory Requirements For Algorithmic And High Frequency Trading - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - The German Parliament adopted new regulatory requirements for algorithmic and high frequency… See on mondaq.com
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No second chance for MiFID II – FCA | news |...
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Goldman Sachs Continues To Dominate Equities...
Equities trading may have lost some of its shine over the recent years with tighter regulations looking to clamp down on the volatile business, but the same can hardly be said about the largest players in the market who continue to leverage their… See on trefis.com
New Regulations Rank as Top Risk — DTCC Survey |...
May 10, 2013 New regulations could actually increase systemic risk according to a survey by Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. See on mobileintegratedsystems.com
Toronto stock exchange heads higher
TORONTO - North American markets surged ahead Tuesday, continuing to build on momentum from record-highs seen last week and little scheduled on the economic docket in See on money.ca.msn.com
Donations, lobbying by high-speed traders on the...
High-frequency trading firms increased their campaign contributions to federal lawmakers by 673 percent from the 2008 to the 2012 election cycle, according to a report that sheds light on their political … See on finance.yahoo.com
Numerix: The Tale of the Unclearable Trade
A new report authored by E. Paul Rowady Jr., Senior Capital Markets Analyst at TABB Group titled, “The Risk Analytics Library: Time for a Single Source of Truth” points to the market drivers and technical complexities behind achieving a unified…
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Numerix: The Tale of the Unclearable Trade
A new report authored by E. Paul Rowady Jr., Senior Capital Markets Analyst at TABB Group titled, “The Risk Analytics Library: Time for a Single Source of Truth” points to the market drivers and technical complexities behind achieving a unified… Hayden Richards’s insight: Managing Tail Risk with CVA http://youtu.be/1-MACtseAME Satyam Kancharla, Numerix Chief Strategy...
Finextra: Central banks wary of social media
Living up to their stuffy reputations, around two thirds of central banks do not operate any social media accounts, while many that do take a conservative approach to Twitter and Facebook. See on finextra.com
Turkey in talks with LSE and NASDAQ on bourse...
Turkey is in talks with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and NASDAQ about possible strategic partnerships for its stock exchange in İstanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said on Wednesday. See on todayszaman.com
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