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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 16/05/2012 | 1304 views | 3 comments

Brussels on trial

With the current state of the European economy and the massive problems facing the Euro the politicians in Brussels aided by the Governments of France and Germany stand accused of a dereliction of duty to the population of Europe and flagrant disregard of the risks of creating the Euro. How do they plead? Innocent or Guilty? The case against them ...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 15/05/2012 | 2172 views

Collateral liquidity

The markets are struggling today with collateral management as never before. The fragmentation of market infrastructures, volatility in markets, increased margining requirements and counterparty risk requirements are all sucking in quality collateral, leaving the dregs to be shared throughout the market, leaving financial services firms to either p... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 14/05/2012 | 1771 views

Payment convergence

T+2 is due in 2015 in Europe, and the USA are already investigating T+1, so it looks inevitable that shortening the settlement cycle is well and truly on the development map. Regular readers will know my views on this so I won’t go over already trodden ground, but the operational issues to achieve T+ whatever has to be addressed and a key is ... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 11/05/2012 | 2274 views

The business benefit of T2S

Ah! I can hear you all crying that title as T2S draws ever closer and it creeps on to the development agenda. What is the business benefit? For once it’s not a regulatory driven change (Although it’s certainly political) so why should firms in the market get excited? Excited is probably the wrong word as it is more about plumbing than... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 10/05/2012 | 1517 views

The inevitability of inflation

Austerity is the new global standard with Governments all over the world trying to get balance back into their sovereign debt. The knock-on effects are there for all to see. The Greek people have reacted violently and have almost become ungovernable and this is opening the door for the radical far right and far left to step in with what might be od...