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4 Steps to Help Securitizers Comply With Dodd-Frank’s New Reporting Requirements
February 03, 2012 Ready or not, the Dodd-Frank Section 943 deadline looms for securitizers, which will need to make changes to their organizations and technology in order to comply with the new reporting requirements.
Cowen Raises Its Electronic Trading Profile with ATM Acquisition
February 03, 2012 Institutional broker seeks algos for its buy side clients, but vows to maintain ATM's broker-neutral business
MF Global Chief Risk Officer Says He Was Outsed After Raising Red Flags
February 03, 2012 MF Global's former chief risk officer told Congress that he tried to warn the firm's leadership that it was on an unsustainable path, but was ousted for his efforts.
Wealth Managers Give Facebook a Sobering Look
February 03, 2012 Although everyone talks about this year's hottest IPO, wealth managers are having a hard time recommending Facebook to clients.
Rodman & Renshaw Recruits Kevin Lupowitz for New Venture
February 02, 2012 As CEO, Lupowitz will lead DirectMarkets, a new subsidiary launching an automated transaction platform linking public company issuers with investors, which will bypass intermediaries to cut costs.
NYSE/Deutsche Borse Deal Undone by Smart Opponents, Culture Clash
February 02, 2012 The plan to create the world's biggest stock exchange fell apart because opponents fought a clever campaign and a culture clash between U.S. executives and European regulators.
Fidelity Exec Talks of Sex, Drugs and Revolution
February 02, 2012 Fidelity executives are usually reserved during public comments, but recently Ronald O'Hanley spoke on sex, drugs and revolution and warned that young Americans face getting a raw deal from the U.S. retirement system.
JPMorgan Wows Wall Street with Facebook IPO Win
February 02, 2012 Jamie Dimon and Jimmy Lee paved the way for JPMorgan's surprising win of the Facebook IPO.
When Facebook Answers to Wall Street
February 02, 2012 To meet Wall Street's demands for ever increasing revenues, Facebook's IPO likely means more ads and even more changes to its "privacy" policy.
PDQ ATS Rolls Out New Order Type
February 02, 2012 With Parallel Posting, equity traders can colocate passive orders in multiple venues simultaneously and then automatically rebalance the remaining bids and offers at the most active venues.
EU Blocks "Near-Monopoly" of Deutsche Boerse-NYSE Euronext Merger
February 01, 2012 The EU rejection of the NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse merger marks the industry's fourth failed merger of exchanges in the past year, raising questions about the viability of mega-exchanges.
Britain Strips Ex-RBS Boss Goodwin of Knighthood
February 01, 2012 Britain took the rare step of stripping the knighthood of former RBS Chief Fred Goodwin following the bank's near collapse.
MarketAxess Reports Record Revenues of $181 Million for 2011
February 01, 2012 The electronic trading platorm said its estimated market share in U.S. high-grade corporate bond, increased to 12.2 percent during Q4.
Bloomberg Open Sources Its Market Data Distribution Technology
February 01, 2012 The market data provider's Open Market Data initiative allows any developer to use API without restrictions.
Thomson Reuters' Mike Powell Discusses Cloud Adoption
January 31, 2012 While cost pressures are a driver, breaking into new markets is a priority for capital firms in 2012, explains Mike Powell, Thomson Reuters’ global head of hosting and managed services.
CFTC to Review High-Frequency Trading
January 31, 2012 The CFTC is moving to review high-frequency trading, as a lack of consensus about HFT and its potential impact on the marketplace is causing confusion.
MF Global Told S&P its Capital Position Was Strong
January 31, 2012 Just one week after an email was sent from MF Global to Standard & Poor's that described the futures brokerage capital position as strong, the firm failed.
Some Brokers Are Either Brazen or Clueless
January 31, 2012 FINRA fines and suspensions do little to deter some brokers and many are simply tripped up by basic rules.
Deustche Bank's SuperX Ranked As Largest Dark Pool in Europe
January 31, 2012 Rosenblatt Securities ranked SuperX as the largest by volume in its monthly dark pool market share index, comprised of a universe of 18 liquidity pools across Europe.
Torstone Technology Launches Inferno
January 31, 2012
SEC Taps New Interim Inspector General to Replace Kotz
January 30, 2012 Noelle Maloney, the current Deputy Inspector General at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been appointed interim inspector general to temporarily replace David Kotz.
BofA, Fidelity, Google, Facebook and Microsoft Team Up to Fight Spam
January 30, 2012 Some of the world's biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope will reduce online scams.
Data Explorers Launches Securities Lending iPhone App
January 30, 2012 Aimed at hedge funds and brokers, the new iPhone app can track short selling and institutional fund activity across global market sectors.
QuantHouse Offers Sub-Millisecond Access to Hotspot FX
January 30, 2012 The company's Hotspot FX handler is now available to algorithmic trading firms seeking ultra-low latency access to the FX ECN.
Mutual Funds' Embrace of Commodities Under Fire
January 27, 2012 Mutual funds moved $50 billion into commodities last year and US Senators are expressing concerns that funds may be skirting the law to avoid taxes.
Davos Elite's Largesse Fails to Appease Critics
January 27, 2012 The so-called "1 Percent" remains skeptical of corporations' social responsibility push and banks have a particularly bad image problem.
E*Trade Reports Loss on Soft Trading Environment, Charges
January 26, 2012 E*Trade Financial reported a quarterly loss, largely due economic uncertainty, choppy markets and writeoffs it recorded to ensure conformity to its new banking regulator.
DTCC Adds Former RBS Executive to LEI Development Team
January 26, 2012 Mark Davies will serve as liaison in Europe and will work with regulators and industry committees to develop legal entity identifier (LEI) program.
Citi Mulls More Cuts in Securities and Banking Unit
January 25, 2012 Citigroup may make deeper cuts in its securities and banking unit this year, following a 29 percent drop in quarterly securities and banking revenues.