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Commentary
Content posted in March 2010
Uncertainty Over Volcker Rule Impacts Proprietary Trading Desks
Commentary  |  3/29/2010  | 
While it is doubtful that the Volcker Rule will pass as is, it already is having an effect on banks, which are spinning off proprietary trading desks.
Computing Return on IT (ROIT): The Holy Grail of the Business Value of IT
Commentary  |  3/29/2010  | 
The development of a return on IT measure ensures that business and IT management can understand current technology investment in terms of business outcomes, according to Howard Rubin, founder of Rubin Worldwide.
Vendor Risk Top of Mind for Wall Street Firms
Commentary  |  3/29/2010  | 
As firms search for stability in their technology partners, larger vendors have the edge. But eventually smaller, innovative providers will make a comeback.
The Speed of Change
Commentary  |  3/25/2010  | 
Unlike regulatory reform, the pace of technology innovation has quickened to help facilitate change in the financial markets.
Global Parallels Prime Canadian Traders to Find Alpha
Commentary  |  3/23/2010  | 
As U.S. and European firms respond to their changing environments and the dispersal of liquidity along with high frequency trading, Canadian traders are also looking to speed and automation to secure alpha.
SEC Concept Release: Make Your Position Known
Commentary  |  3/16/2010  | 
Taking an active role in working through the SEC Concept Release process is a way for our industry to go on the offense against those that would seek to regulate and/or tax the securities industry out of existence.
In Praise of Shorts and Financial Speculation
Commentary  |  3/10/2010  | 
While the stocks of many investment banks tanked and a number failed, it wasn't the short sellers that created the problems.
An Order Cancellation Tax on HFT Would Curtail Deceptive Quoting
Commentary  |  3/4/2010  | 
Taxing order cancellations would raise money from Wall Street while addressing disingenuous quoting from HFT firms on the visible order book.
The Problematic Nature of New Short Selling Restrictions
Commentary  |  3/1/2010  | 
The SEC's new rules limiting short selling do not satisfy either proponents or antagonists of short sale restrictions.


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