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Liquidity Risk Compliance: a Liability or an Opportunity?
The need for liquidity is a major factor in financial institutions' compliance with Basel II. An awareness of exactly how much capital is held in reserve is crucial. DataFlux's Colin Rickard examines the requirements in more detail
Best sourcing: buying in what you can't do without
In the wake of the downturn, financial institutions are relying on their trading and compliance technology to support their businesses in more ways than ever before. They need it to be robust enough to deal with the rigours of an increasingly complex…
Hedge fund fault lines
Currency speculators and their benefactors in the financial industry have been getting what they would call a 'bum rap' lately following the Greek debt crisis. But bad press may prove a mere tip of the iceberg if recent sabre-rattling by certain European…
Overcoming the Options Dilemma
As more institutional investors open their portfolios to equity options, sell-side broker-dealers face the challenge of executing instructional-sized orders in a market that is typically less liquid than equities.
Opening Cross: "Fragmented" Doesn't Mean "Broken"
This issue of Inside Market Data should be accompanied by our latest special report on Fragmentation (also available on our Web site), which includes a spirited Q&A on the changes to European equity markets since the introduction of the recent Markets in…
Peeking Over the Garden Wall
About 15 months ago, I started to wonder when the industry would begin seeing third-party compute clouds that would meet the rigorous demands of the financial services industry. I'm still waiting.
Opening Cross: Getting a Head Start
We make a big deal about speed and latency these days, but it's worth remembering the adage that power is nothing without control-and specifically, in capital markets, speed is nothing without the best data and smartest strategies behind it to give you a…
What's Old Is New Again
If there is one truism in the markets it is that everything is cyclical. The length of the cycles may vary, but hang around long enough and you will see the same trend, or variation of it, come around again.
Speed Wars: A New Hope
In the original Star Wars , the actors bicker as Han Solo programs a computer to "make the jump to light speed" and outrun an enemy spaceship. Though writer-director George Lucas' dialogue was as wooden as many of the pre-CGI models and special effects,…
Assessing the Interdependencies
The banking crisis provided the industry with a wake-up call, especially in relation to the need for an understanding of the risks associated with OTC derivatives. But this is no easy task, explains London Market Systems' Martin Sexton
Bonds: Shaken, Not Stirred
After the credit crunch and ensuing financial crisis, bond trading is still attracting interest. According to FINRA, which last week added agency debt trade data to its TRACE feed, there is $6 billion in outstanding US corporate debt, and $3 billion in…
Canada Heats Up
Although Vancouver may have been too warm for this year's Winter Olympics, Toronto and its financial markets are definitely heating up as more and more high-frequency traders are seeking arbitrage opportunities between issues dual-listed in the Canadian…
The Fire Next Time
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Snowball, Then an Avalanche
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IT: The Lagging Indicator
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FX Hits Warp Speed
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