Dodd-Frank Act
Anthony Malakian: Studying the Bottom of a Pint Glass
According to Anthony, few individual get work completed ahead of schedule. This is also true of the buy-side space, where many hedge funds ─ and even vendors ─ are waiting until the last minute to address Form PF.
Rob Daly: Smarter, Not Faster, Wins the OTC Race
As US regulators finally define the parameters of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, dealers and other market participants are racing to have their systems ready to trade on the first day of the new regulatory regime. Rob…
Financial Tech Talk: Automating OTC Trading Under Dodd-Frank Part 2
Moving over-the-counter (OTC) trading onto electronic swap execution facilities (SEFs) will affect 85 percent of OTC trading systems within firms today, according to research from industry consultancy Rule Financial.
Extended Play: Regulators Draw Out Dodd-Frank Timeline
Peter Madigan surveys the US market's regulatory landscape, looking at areas most likely to be affected by the Dodd Frank Act when it finally comes into force during the course of 2012.
Enough with the Heat Already
If anything has helped humanity progress in the past century, it's air conditioning. It allows cooler heads to prevail in the hottest environments and prevents really mind-bogglingly stupid things from happening during the summer months. How many good,…
On Your Mark, Get Set ... Just Kidding
A panelist at a recent foreign exchange (FX) conference said that the evolution of FX marketplace is not a race to the bottom. But at the same event, I spoke to an official from a major multi-dealer platform, who wondered what really separates multi…