Deloitte: Risk governance and controls costs $100bn by 2012

09 February - 10:46 AM

The annual cost of implementing risk governance frameworks at the world's leading 100 financial institutions is set to exceed $100 billion (£64.2 billion) in 2012, according to research by Deloitte. This figure has doubled since...

Appointments: NYSE Euronext names former Morgan Stanley COO to board of directors

08 February - 02:24 PM

Robert Scott, former president and chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley, has been appointed as an independent member of the NYSE Euronext's board of directors, effective February 4, 2010, subject to regulatory approval. Scott has...

LSE delivering FactSet reference data through UnaVista

08 February - 01:55 PM

The London Stock Exchange has commenced a joint venture with FactSet Research Systems. The partnership means that the exchange will deliver FactSet's reference data via UnaVista, a web-based platform that provides validation, matching and reconciliation solutions....

Banco Fator selects Progress Apama for high frequency trading

08 February - 01:39 PM

Banco Fator Corretora has deployed the Progress Apama Algorithmic Trading Accelerator. The Apama Algorithmic Trading Accelerator will play a role in Banco Fator's new electronic trading strategy, helping it to develop high frequency, proprietary trading...

Accuity acquires stake in WorldCompliance

08 February - 12:34 PM

NYSE Technologies connecting Asean Exchange Network

08 February - 11:53 AM

SAP chief executive resigns

08 February - 10:16 AM

StreamBase offers 'amnesty' to Sybase-Aleri-Coral8 customers

05 February - 02:52 PM

CPSS - IOSCO standards review offers potential push for post-trade interoperability

05 February - 02:11 PM

Concern mounting over T2S completion: deadline slipping back to 2014

04 February - 05:06 PM

Appointments: Qatar Exchange names Turquoise man COO

04 February - 11:33 AM

BNY Mellon to acquire PNC's Global Investment Servicing business for $2.31 billion

04 February - 10:58 AM

Comerica Bank signs five-year CGI deal for trade and supply chain services

04 February - 10:39 AM

EuroCCP begins clearing exchange traded currencies

03 February - 03:49 PM

RBC Dexia becomes unit registry provider for Credit Suisse AM

08 February - 03:58 PM

LCH.Clearnet and SIX x-clear publish interoperability agreement

08 February - 12:18 PM

Caplin announces new version of Caplin Trader

08 February - 10:41 AM

Keynote UK Banking Performance Index for 24th - 30th January

05 February - 02:21 PM

Appointments: Sophis expands European sales team

01 February - 11:55 AM

Société Générale Securities Services awarded NAMA contract

01 February - 10:51 AM

Keynote UK Banking Performance Index 17th - 23rd January

29 January - 02:22 PM

Report: Users expect high performance from financial websites

28 January - 11:59 AM

RBC Dexia appointed by Middlefield Group to provide fund administration support

28 January - 10:53 AM

FSA approves Xtrakter for the regulatory reporting of derivatives

27 January - 06:09 PM

Is Barnier the anti-McCreevy?

Posted on 10 December 2009 by Dan Barnes

Word has it – from respectable sources – that Michel Barnier, the incoming Internal Markets Commissioner, thinks Stock Exchanges should be part of the national infrastructure. Hmm. In some eyes, an exchange should assist with the creation...

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Trading advice

Posted on 09 December 2009 by Tom Groenfeldt

In Financial Speculation, Gerald Ashley has some advice for investors. But he doesn’t really expect them to take it. With 30 years experience in finance, including Baring Brothers in London and Hong Kong and the Bank for...

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White collar crime

Posted on 04 November 2009 by David Bannister

Nice comment from criminologist and broadcaster Professor Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme this morning: “If you steal someone’s savings or pension you’re more likely to end up with a yacht than a...

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Feature: The price ain't right

04 January - 10:16 AM

Complex financial instruments have a lot to answer for. Long after Warren Buffett dubbed credit derivatives as "weapons of mass financial destruction", they have become the toxic aftermath of the exploding capital markets. Enemies of...

Feature: The new normal

04 January - 10:15 AM

The upward trend in major market indexes and the release of some positive economic data indicate recovery is underway. After months of sitting on the sidelines, investors are cautiously looking for opportunities to return to...

Feature: Where's the money in personal finance?

04 January - 10:14 AM

Home accounting or personal financial management has been aided by technology for years but widespread commercial success or even return on investment for technology suppliers has not been forthcoming. In June 2009 the king of...

Feature: Catch me if you can

04 January - 10:12 AM

The figures speak for themselves: in the first 10 months of 2009, the 260 plus members of CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service have recorded over 68,000 people whose identities have been hijacked by identity...

Feature: Platform alteration

04 January - 10:05 AM

The London Stock Exchange's decision to dump its Microsoft .Net and SQL Server-Accenture-HP system in favour of technology from the previously little-known MillenniumIT, demonstrated the intense pressures on incumbent exchanges in the face of competition...