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FSA fines outsourcing firm a million dollars

Under our radar, as it is in the pensions markets, but something very noteworthy occurred last week.  The FSA attacked the outsourcing and Third Party Administration Markets by fining Liberata over a million dollars for failures in its systems and controls for managing and issuing pensions policies. Margaret Cole, Director of Enforcement at the FSA…

G7 creates the Global Ivy League of Banking

The Global Ivy League is the scenario of truth for the future banking markets. More globally harmonised regulation creates less innovation, but more security, amongst the major league players who we feel we can trust. Or rather, our politicians feel we should trust. Read more …

G7 creates the Global Ivy League of Banking

The Global Ivy League is the scenario of truth for the future banking markets. More globally harmonised regulation creates less innovation, but more security, amongst the major league players who we feel we can trust. Or rather, our politicians feel we should trust. Read more …

G7 creates the Global Ivy League of Banking

The Global Ivy League is the scenario of truth for the future banking markets. More globally harmonised regulation creates less innovation, but more security, amongst the major league players who we feel we can trust. Or rather, our politicians feel we should trust. Read more …

Post-MiFID, the challenge is Clearing and Settlement

Today’s Financial Times has a report on algo trading, with the following line in the middle: "Last week Chi-X, an upstart platform majority-owned by Instinet Europe, marked its first anniversary by capturing almost 15 per cent of total trading in LSE-listed shares at one point during the day. A trade executed on its system takes…

Post-MiFID, the challenge is Clearing and Settlement

Today’s Financial Times has a report on algo trading, with the following line in the middle: "Last week Chi-X, an upstart platform majority-owned by Instinet Europe, marked its first anniversary by capturing almost 15 per cent of total trading in LSE-listed shares at one point during the day. A trade executed on its system takes…

Post-MiFID, the challenge is Clearing and Settlement

Today’s Financial Times has a report on algo trading, with the following line in the middle: "Last week Chi-X, an upstart platform majority-owned by Instinet Europe, marked its first anniversary by capturing almost 15 per cent of total trading in LSE-listed shares at one point during the day. A trade executed on its system takes…

Post-MiFID, the challenge is Clearing and Settlement

Today’s Financial Times has a report on algo trading, with the following line in the middle: "Last week Chi-X, an upstart platform majority-owned by Instinet Europe, marked its first anniversary by capturing almost 15 per cent of total trading in LSE-listed shares at one point during the day. A trade executed on its system takes…

Post-MiFID, the challenge is Clearing and Settlement

Today’s Financial Times has a report on algo trading, with the following line in the middle: "Last week Chi-X, an upstart platform majority-owned by Instinet Europe, marked its first anniversary by capturing almost 15 per cent of total trading in LSE-listed shares at one point during the day. A trade executed on its system takes…

The end of data privacy in Europe

In a shocking move to quell the issues of terrorism and money laundering in Europe, the European Commission is apparently drafting the Financial Transaction Transparency Directive (FTTD), which imposes draconian laws on all European banks to release financial data to the Commission on demand. This follows the subpoena impact of the US Government on SWIFT…

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