Tag: cross-asset
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Can Anything Be Done To Prevent A Second Flash Crash?
May 6th, 2010 lives in infamy in financial markets; a precipitate dive on the US stock market wiping a trillion dollars off the value of equities in just under 30 minutes stunned the industry.
The speed at which such an astonishing crash took place was partly in thanks to the ever-shrinking...
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Why Is There Currently So Much Confusion Around FS Regulation In The UK?
Tomorrow after TradeTech we’ll be asking the crowds, ‘what’s next in regulation?’ I imagine that answers will be as varied as some of the statements provided in the recent Raj Rajaratnam...
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How Fast Is Fast Enough?
When thinking about technology and speed, the usual issue that springs to mind is how fast a transaction can take place. Gone already are the days when every millisecond mattered; now we count in microseconds. Or nanoseconds. And debates already rage about the possibility of...
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Detection, Prevention, Deterrence (oh my! )
It is gratifying to see the serious attention that regulators, traders, brokers and the buyside are paying to market surveillance today. It was not always the case. The credit crisis began a domino-effect market crash that rang alarm bells and woke them up; then the flash crash jolted them like a cup... -
An Endless Game of Hide and Seek
Market surveillance needs permeate financial services firms from pre-trade to settlement, from trading via instant messenger services to exchanges and ECNs like never before in history. Every message, every trade, every conversation, every Tweet must be recorded, taped and downloaded into a database... -
Hurry up, Take Your Time
The Buck Stops At The Brokerage In Key West there is a famous cat show on the waterfront at sunset where the trainer (yes, cats can be trained) gives his performers their signals and they rush to slowly do his bidding. He says to them, often: "Hurry up, take your time." Such is the nature of... -
The Trouble with Algorithms: Wild Children or Reckless Parents?
Algorithms and high frequency trading have been blamed for everything from the credit crisis to the May 6th flash crash and high speed market abuse, and have attracted unwanted interest from regulators on both sides of the pond. But questions remain whether these tools are really computer models gone... -
Calming 'Regulation Anxiety'
There is a new kind of emotional disorder going around the financial markets - the previously unnamed fear of something ominous now that new financial rules have been laid down. Let's call it regulation anxiety.
Regulation anxiety has led to all sorts of new types of behavior in banks...
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Algos Go Global - How Do I Get a Ticket to Brazil?
Carnival, or Carnaval as it's spelled in Portuguese, runs through the weekend of February 21st this year in Brazil. Who do you think might be there? Turns out it’s U.S. President Obama, in the form of...
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