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June
Exchange M&A is back in vogue. However, targeted, strategic deals rather than building scale are emerging as the dominant strategy, finds William Mitting.
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Requirements for trade reporting require new workflows for traders in the energy and financial markets, finds Dan Barnes.
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May
Three events over the coming week could impact competition in Europe for years to come, says William Mitting.
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Eurex is to relaunch its Euribor contract imminently in a bid to wrest liquidity from Liffe and rise to the challenge of NLX, writes William Mitting.
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Galen Stops examines the "big data" problems associated with CVA calculation and argues that cloud computing could help firms cope with them.
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Following last week's Twitter hacking in the US Galen Stops examines the threat to financial institutions from cyber-attacks.
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April
William Mitting looks at the legal dispute between NYSE Liffe and TOM over index licensing and argues that any court decision could have far reaching implications.
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As part of our interest rates special Galen Stops looks at some of the predicted savings from cross-margining and the practical and regulatory challenges to achieving them.
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Regulatory changes are forcing firms at every point of the trade cycle to re-evaluate their business models. Proprietary trading houses are no exception, finds Galen Stops.
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A brief overview of the action at FOW's 3rd Annual Equity Options Conference in Amsterdam, 9 April 2013.
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The financial transaction taxes that are springing up across Europe are making multi-leg investment strategies exponentially more expensive and punishing the buy-side's use of hedging strategies, writes Dan Barnes.
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Calculating CVA capital charges is likely to prove highly complex for banks and will have a significant impact on their P&L, writes Galen Stops
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March
Selwyn Blair-Ford of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services examines the likely impact of CRD IV.
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February
Good connectivity can help lower the latency barriers that regulation is imposing, says Dan Barnes
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Galen Stops looks at the changes and challenges facing the Moscow Exchange as it seeks to establish itself as a major international financial centre.
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Nasdaq's new trading platform NLX is gearing up for launch in London. Sentiment is shifting in favour of the prospects for the MTF. This highlights the dilemma for ISVs and their role in the success of a new trading platform, argues William Mitting.
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Will Mitting looks at the different approaches taken by the various US exchanges launching in London this year.
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SunGard's Daniel Parker gives his view on the EU rejection of EMIR.
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Fidessa's Steve Grob looks at whether the industry will follow equities into a world of fragmented liquidity, smaller trade sizes and HFT.
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January
Stonehenge Asset Management's Steven Michael on why trend following isn't over yet.
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Baringa Partner's Matthew Clay looks at the key regulatory changes that will drive the agendas of banks and buy-side firms in 2013.
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William Mitting argues that the introduction of a financial transaction tax in Europe is causing unecessary complexity and highlights structural flaws in the EU.
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Trayport's Crombie Cryan examines the key trends and movements in the European commodity markets during 2012.
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Increased efficiency will be a key driver for financial firms in 2013 and there are numerous cost cutting oppotunities out there, says Galen Stops
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Galen Stops argues that despite the increasing standardisation of derivatives contracts regulatory changes are actually making these contracts harder to price.
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New swap-based products are predicted to draw new users into the futures market, driving investment in trading technology, finds Dan Barnes.
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William Mitting looks back on a year when low interest rates, a scandal in the US and ongoing regulatory uncertainty combine ot create a perfect storm of volume declines. But despite this, he argues that there is cause to be optimistic for 2013.