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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/08/2011 | 3527 views | 4 comments

Short selling the argument

I have been debating the importance of short selling to markets and investors over the past few days and next year will be creating a debate for the Post Trade Forum on short selling. However, what has amazed me is the almost complete lack of understanding there is around about the importance of short selling. It has certainly become emotive. The... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 19/08/2011 | 2322 views | 1 comment

Short Selling

It’s become popular with politicians in times of great market crisis and extreme volatility to stop short selling. This naturally is never supported in the market as it undermines liquidity and opportunities of making profits. Old Jobbers (Market Makers) will know that you make money in both Bear and Bull markets but it is always more skilful...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 15/08/2011 | 4538 views

Outsourcing takes a blow

The recent announcement by Penson that it is undertaking a massive restructuring worldwide including selling the UK (and potentially the Australian) Back office outsourcing business could be an indicator that the existing outsourced industry is about to go into a mass change. Penson have tried to become a world supplier of back office outsourced se... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 03/08/2011 | 2645 views

The value of European CCPs

In an industry full of risks the role of the central counterparty is perhaps the most important of the market infrastructures. The recent past shows distinctly how much firms have had to rely on CCPs when markets go into massive volatility swings. It’s not the slides so much as the swings. As massive share price rises can cause almost as much... Group: Post-Trade Forum