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Volcker Rule coming into focus
The FDIC appears ready to release the final proposals for the controversial Volcker Rule on October 11, according to the American Banker .
Recall that the rule was designed to prevent banks holding FDIC-insured funds from making risky proprietary bets. The rule has already had a tremendous
High frequency trading feedback loops
Perhaps the most vexing question hanging over financial regulators right now is this: Does computer-driven trading--high-frequency and algorithmic trading in particular--cause Flash Crash-like
Delta One desks, ETFs and the UBS fiasco
Both Kweku Adoboli, the UBS trader who was arrested for his role in the latest European rogue trading scandal, and before him Jérôme Kerviel, the Société Générale rogue responsible for $6.8 billion in losses in 2008, worked on Delta One desks, which have thrived in this Golden Era of exchange trad
SEC subpoenas high-frequency trading firms
It's no secret that the SEC is taking a look at market structure issues broadly, though you have to wonder how its budgetary woes and Dodd-Frank imperatives will affect its ability to take on much
Watson to storm Wall Street
IBM's Watson launched itself from techno-obscurity to worldwide fame when it beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, two top Jeopardy champions, in a highly publicized match that riveted technophiles and
Fatal flaw in the 'naked' access ban
The ban on "naked" sponsored access was expected and generally applauded as a way to make sure trading firms, especially high-frequency traders, are subject to risk controls as they launch their
The most successful hedge fund trade post-crisis?
It's no secret that in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, bond trading stood out as huge money maker for investment banks, offering large spreads, reduced competition and even higher commissions.
A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, as noted by the Financial Times
Did the markets dodge another Flash Crash?
Here's one account of some strange doings on Sept. 1: "At precisely 10:00 a.m. EST, quote volume across all exchanges ballooned. It was, to date, the most intense period, albeit short, of quoting to
A great overview of high-frequency trading
Say what you will about high-frequency traders ( high-frequency trading news), but I think we can all agree we really don't know much about them. We've heard the rhetoric on both sides, but the
High-frequency traders finding ways to game the system?
The debate over high-speed trading ( high-frequency trading news) and its effect on the overall market will not be resolved anytime soon. Regulators are certainly taking an interest. But while it
