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Archive for: February, 2011

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 21/02/2011 | 5866 views

There can be only one

Consolidation upon consolidation in the Exchange and MTF space with the values given to the purchased or merged business leaves me thinking that in the end there can be only one. The many MTFs set up just a few short years ago and all based on the same business plan looks like a fast track way to make huge money for the prime investors. Each MTF w... Tags: Dealing rooms, Trade executionGroup: Finextra@Sibos

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 16/02/2011 | 5811 views | 1 comment

JP Morgan Chase leads the way

The news that JP Morgan is undetaking a massive downsize of its many trading systems is long over due and hopefully sets a trend for the market. Technology in this space has today run miles ahead of any system with any eighties or nineties legacy and i am certain that JPM Chase is going to gain huge financial and operational benefits. There will be... Tags: Dealing rooms, Online bankingGroup: Finextra@Sibos

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 16/02/2011 | 3859 views

Where is Shareholder Power?

Banker's bonuses are still dominating the news during the results season. The banks one by one, will all declare massive profits that are virtually the same as before the banking crisis. "Crisis what crisis" is the cry in the boardrooms and they're right. In just a few short years the banks that crippled many of the worlds economies are back to whe... Tags: Security, Risk & regulationGroup: EBAday

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 10/02/2011 | 3054 views | 1 comment

Who wins with Algo trading

Algo trading is very much under the spotlight right now and certain to be so for some time yet. The new group set up to look into the affects of Algo trading on the markets should provide some interesting conclusions but will they be able to alter the dominance of this type of business? Who actually benefits from Algo trading? Certainly large bank...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 10/02/2011 | 2438 views

Identity system; a new focus

At the recent MiFID Forum, the FSA outlined the problems facing the securities industry in complying with the regulatory requirement to implement a unique investor identifier. Various ideas were put forward. These ranged from the use of BIC and SWIFT codes to national health numbers, passports and national insurance numbers but were discarded for o...