Market evolution: brokers become MTFs

15 June - 02:35 PM

Increasing levels of trades are off-exchange, driven by cost according to everything brokers and Multi-lateral Trading Facilities have been saying. Reduction of trading costs was the main stated purpose behind broker-funded MTFs; it was one...

Datamonitor: New retail banking entrants are both opportunity and challenge for tech vendors

23 June - 05:54 PM

From major high street brands such as Tesco to Vernon Hill, the US entrepreneur who founded Commerce Bancorp, there are a number of companies considering an entry into the UK's retail banking market, with business models ranging from specialized...

JWG IT: US follows the world into new regulatory data pit

19 June - 11:31 AM

The US Treasury's new regulatory foundation gives the Federal Reserve the authority to ask for massive amounts of information from financial institutions.  The Fed will be charged with the task of raising the capital, liquidity...

Future innovations

18 June - 12:09 PM

The structure of the equities markets has changed radically over the last decade while in contrast the futures markets more or less maintained the status quo. But now the futures markets are in catch-up mode...

Business as usual

18 June - 12:05 PM

Business continuity planning is often seen as primarily about disaster recovery, but as Euroclear's experience in coping with the financial turmoil following the collapse of Lehman Bothers shows, it can be a fundamental strategy. According...