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Over the past 18 months or so the number of high-profile software failures in our sector have been numerous; Tokyo Stock Exchange, RBS, ICAP, BATS, Knight, LCH Clearnet to name but a few! Only last we...
We’ve all heard the joke about the tortoise who goes into the police station to report that he’s been mugged by a gang of snails. “Calm down and tell me everything,” says the policeman and the tortois...
Why aren't retailers jumping en masse aboard the mobile payments train? Well, there is no gravy on it, the train is not leaving the station yet, and it might even be cancelled. It all boils down to &q...
Earlier this week BaFin, the German regulator, held a workshop on the German HFT Act. Global market participants gathered in Frankfurt to discuss and better understand the implications of the soon to...
We were recently the subject of an innovation case study with a great group of people studying entrepreneurship from Nottingham University, which got me thinking; How does an organisation get the ‘inn...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Guidance Consultation on the approach it expects recognised investment exchanges (RIEs) and multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) to take in res...
An overview of the European dark pools regulatory landscape While the progression of dark pools has been intensive in North America, the rhythm in Europe has been much slower (see below). So far, the...
Any lingering hopes that there was light at the end of the tunnel for UK retail banks were dashed last week by Baroness Susan Kramer, a leading light in the House of Lords for banking reform and chair...
There has been a lot of debate around the role of SEFs in the global derivatives market. Some commentators are even claiming that the whole concept is dead and buried before the rules have even been ...
Following industry consultation, the US CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has issued the awaited amendments to Dodd Frank Section 1073. The new 2013 Final Rule is effective from October 28...
I was in New York last week, on a perfect spring day, for the Waters North America Trading Architecture Summit. Unfortunately, I was locked in a cavernous hotel for the entire time but Waters did put...
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) announced the launch of this initiative which aims to assess the supportiveness of supervisors to enhancing inclusive insurance markets. ...