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Plans to force over-the-counter trading of derivatives on to exchanges to reduce counterparty risk need to be rethought by regulators, one broker says

What was once considered niche, black market-making magic is now a full out trading operation that can no longer be ignored. High frequency trading has its share of critics, but traders who work for firms like Tradeworx play the...

According to a new survey sponsored by SunGard and conducted by InteDelta, a risk management consultancy, there is a wide variation in European banks’ preparedness for the implementation of Incremental Risk Charge (IRC).

What do pirates do with their earnings after hijacking a ship for ransom? Simple: they form a syndicate to get the most out of their investments: Reuters: In Somalia’s main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set...

The third exchange Nasdaq plans to launch next year aims to draw larger orders that today are typically chopped up and spread over multiple market centers.

Craig Pirrong submits: An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.So sayeth Michael Palin, in the priceless Monty Python Argument Clinic Sketch. In his recent testimony before the Senate...

John Krog Twitter: @johnkrog senior vice president SunGard’s trading business It’s tough being a US-only investor today. This isn’t a political comment on “Buy-American” purchasing provisions; it’s a statement of fact that if an...

During the first few months of 2009, many financial services executives believed that it would be a lost year — most expected the markets to continue to tumble, or at best tread water, and anticipated more bank failures,...

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