Profile of Greg MacSweeney

Editorial Director Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.

The Myth of the Rational Market

4/28/2010
For years, it has been accepted as a fact that collectively, the markets act rationally over time. However, history and almost all new research point out that people are, by nature, irrational.

Global CIO: Global Banks Form Consortium To Counter HP, IBM, & Oracle

4/27/2010
My colleague Bob Evans over at InformationWeek's Global CIO is reporting that three big banks -- ok, huge banks -- will band together to develop a secure financial services-specific cloud infrastructure so they don't have to rely on services and technology from HP, Oracle, IBM an

Is Wall Street Really Different Post Lehman?

4/27/2010
The Dow is set to erase all losses since the financial crisis started. Has anything really changed?

Verizon Expands Financial Services Network to Europe

4/21/2010
Dedicated trading infrastructure offers managed connectivity and an interface to various financial market centers and data providers.

A Mortgage Timb Bomb: High-Risk Lending Rewarded at WaMu

4/14/2010
Senators grilled former executives of Washington Mutual about the failed bank's lending practices which rewarded high-risk lending.

Lehman Used Shadow Bank to Shift Risks

4/14/2010
The New York Times' Louise Story talks with Kai Ryssdal about a story she co-wrote involving a shadow bank that helped Lehman Brothers cover up risky investments that helped bring the company and economy to its knees.

Banks Using Unethical Accounting?

4/12/2010
The SEC and FBI have been investigating if more than two dozen banks were hiding bad debt by using the repo method, which allows banks to "hide" balance sheet debt at the end of the quarter.