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Content posted in October 2010
SAP Admits Infringement In Oracle Case
Commentary  |  10/29/2010  | 
An attorney for SAP on Thursday wrote to U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton pointing to media coverage of recent developments in the case as the reason for the shift in its strategy.
Algorithmic Trading in the FX Market
Commentary  |  10/27/2010  | 
Adoption of FX algorithms is on the rise, and from black-box origins they are moving to a customizable, white-box model, according to Celent's analyst.
Training Wall Street's Future Ranks of Financial Advisors
Commentary  |  10/22/2010  | 
With new regulations on the way, financial firms need to invest in the training of financial advisors.
Baron: Best Time In 40 Years to Invest In Stocks
Commentary  |  10/22/2010  | 
Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital thinks that the current market conditions present a great opportunity for investment in stocks.
Goldman Sachs' Prop Trading Desk Headed to KKR – Report
Commentary  |  10/21/2010  | 
Goldman Sachs' proprietary trading desk is reportedly migrating to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. as the legendary leveraged buyout firm looks to capitalize on the finance reform bill's restrictions on proprietary trading at banks. restrictions on proprietary trading at banks.
Future Trading Desk: Are Machines Taking Over?
Commentary  |  10/21/2010  | 
Buy-side traders at the AT Summit shared predicted that computers will do most of the trading, while humans monitor the machines.
Buy Side Turns to TCA As Defense Against HFT - AT Summit
Commentary  |  10/18/2010  | 
Asset managers are using TCA to measure performance of broker algo strategies and to detect gaming by HFT firms, according to panel at AT Summit.
Lobbyists Swarm the CFTC to Shape New Derivatives Regulations – Bloomberg
Commentary  |  10/14/2010  | 
As regulators sort out how the new derivatives rules will function after the passage of the historic finance reform bill, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is under siege from Wall Street lobbyists whose firms are looking to be exempt from the new law, Bloomberg News reports.
Nasdaq OMX's Third Exchange: Are There Too Many?
Commentary  |  10/12/2010  | 
Nasdaq OMX's EVP Transaction Services Eric Noll told CNBC that the innovation it brings is worth the risk of fragmentation.
Expert Warns Banks More Exposed to Derivatives Now Than in 2008
Commentary  |  10/7/2010  | 
Could banks really be more exposed to derivatives than they were two years ago? That’s what Harold Bradley, the chief investment officer for the Kauffman Foundation contends in a discussion on CNBC with Maria Bartiromo and Herb Greenberg.
OCC Moves into OTC Derivatives Clearing Space
Commentary  |  10/7/2010  | 
OCC will take on OTC equity derivatives in the new cleared market, but also confront exclusive index providers,explains OCC EVP Michael McClean in FT video interview.
SEC-CFTC Flash Crash Report Leaves Experts Unsatisfied
Commentary  |  10/5/2010  | 
Many of us have read the long awaited joint SEC-CFTC report on the May 6th Flash Crash. By now everyone knows, that the regulators largely blame the sudden “Flash Crash” on a huge sale of E-mini futures contracts by a single fundamental investor, not named in the report, but which sources have identified as Waddell & Reed Financial, a conservative mutual fund company.
Hubris Never Sleeps – A Review of Wall Street 2
Commentary  |  10/4/2010  | 
If you were excited by the return of Gordon Gekko and expected Oliver Stone to unleash moral outrage on the big banks, think again: The movie amounted to a huge, missed opportunity, writes StatPro North America CEO Mark Bramley.
The Story of Canada Bill Jones: A Hustler Relevant to Today's Global Market Feeds
Commentary  |  10/1/2010  | 
Just as unsuspecting rubes were duped by a legendary Canadian card shark, Doug Clark of BMO Capital Markets contends Chi-X is still displaying internal order numbers on the public feed after it changed the practice.


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