Opinion

I've seen a couple of bits of commentary in the past week about the City of London losing its strength, namely: City's dominance in doubt (Telegraph) London Ponders Its Future as Financial Powerhouse (New York Times) During the boom years of the 2000s, London competed with Frankfurt and New York to become the financial centre…

There have been various arguments about Twitter in the last few months and whether the alerts tool is useful or not. I started one debate a while ago and now there is another one (maybe). First, let me set the record straight before folks think I'm a puritanically obsessed Twitterati. At a personal level, I…

I had a call the other day about the success of Chip & PIN. This is because of the latest fraud figures from APACS, which shows UK retailer fraud shrank from £73.2 million in 2005 to £37.5 million in 2008.  This year, merchant fraud has risen 26% to £47.4 million, the largest jump in criminal…

I had a call the other day about the success of Chip & PIN. This is because of the latest fraud figures from APACS, which shows UK retailer fraud shrank from £73.2 million in 2005 to £37.5 million in 2008.  This year, merchant fraud has risen 26% to £47.4 million, the largest jump in criminal…

As mentioned yesterday Andrew Silverman, Managing Director Electronic Trading for Morgan Stanley, chaired the second day session’s at TradeTech with a great dialogue about attracting liquidity between the new exchanges, the Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) created by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), and the incumbents. This led to a second discussion of the…

There were two more great discussions during TradeTech that compared and contrasted the incumbents with the new MTFs. The first focused upon attracting liquidity and what that means; the second on the likely view for the future of trading venues. The first discussion was a debate amongst a panel comprising: Hirander Misra, COO, Chi-X Europe;…

I said my favorite presentation was Mark Howarth’s yesterday because my favorite subject is the new alternative exchanges – the Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) – that have emerged in Europe as a result of the Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID) implementation. Chi-x began trading two years ago, soon to be followed by Turquoise, BATS, NASDAQ…

I said my favorite presentation was Mark Howarth’s yesterday because my favorite subject is the new alternative exchanges – the Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) – that have emerged in Europe as a result of the Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFID) implementation. Chi-x began trading two years ago, soon to be followed by Turquoise, BATS, NASDAQ…