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Commentary
Content posted in December 2011
Key Wealth Management Concerns for 2012
Commentary  |  12/29/2011  | 
Emerging Markets Represent the Future for HFTs
Commentary  |  12/22/2011  | 
Tax high-frequency trading, and watch business jump into the welcoming arms of emerging markets that have spent the last few years building the infrastructure to handle business that traditionally was done in the United States and Europe.
2011: One Tough Year
Commentary  |  12/22/2011  | 
Is Oracle Earnings Forecast Ominous for Other Tech Providers?
Commentary  |  12/21/2011  | 
Oracle's 2012 earnings forecast is causing concern among investors who worry that industrywide technology profits may sag next year.
2011: A Year of Rogues and Regs
Commentary  |  12/20/2011  | 
Like the angel and devil that sit on your shoulders the two most important themes from 2011 boil down to "being rogue" and "being regulated."
Cha Ching! The Sound of Colocation Fees
Commentary  |  12/20/2011  | 
A regulatory filing by NYSE Arca offers a glimpse into NYSE Euronext's plans to allow vendors into its Mahwah data center, and what it will charge them for hosting applications per user in the colocation facility.
CFTC Maneuvers Between Banks and Regulators
Commentary  |  12/20/2011  | 
Capital Markets Outlook 2012
Commentary  |  12/20/2011  | 
Battered and bruised by a difficult 2011, Wall Street faces another challenging year. We examine 10 critical issues that will set the agenda at capital markets firms in 2012.
Civil War Brewing Between Merrill Lynch and BofA?
Commentary  |  12/15/2011  | 
Merrill Lynch had a solid year, but is seeing smaller bonuses this year due to Bank of America’s terrible 2011, Fox Business Reports.
CME Exec Drops Bombshell that Corzine Knew About Customer Fund Transfers
Commentary  |  12/14/2011  | 
The executive chairman of the CME told lawmakers that MF Global borrowed $175 million from customer accounts and implied that its former CEO Jon Corzine knew about it.
Morgan Stanley Employees Angered By Lavish Party for John Mack
Commentary  |  12/14/2011  | 
With the company's stock sagging and less bonus money to go around, the firm's employees are fuming over its pricey going away party for retiring chairman John Mack, according to a report.
Are Hedge Funds Now Safe Harbors?
Commentary  |  12/12/2011  | 
With MF Global Rule, Regs Finally Take One Small Step In Right Direction
Commentary  |  12/6/2011  | 
In so far as it increases transparency into how funds are handled, it is a positive step -- but regs still have much more to do.
European Operetta?
Commentary  |  12/6/2011  | 
The OPRA feed consumes more bandwidth than any other market data feed in the world and experiences peak traffic bursts that dwarf comparable rates of throughput in European options data feeds.


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