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Flash Crash legacy: Continued lack of retail confidence

In the aftermath of the financial crash and the May 6 Flash Crash, many have asserted that one legacy of these unfortunate events was a loss of retail confidence in the markets. It was hard to test

Derivatives market of the future takes shape

The furor over credit default swaps and the role they played in the financial crisis has been a very emotional issue--one that led to a lot of emotional calls for reform and regulation. At one point,

Regulations proposed for credit derivatives

The essence of the new credit derivative regulation proposed by the Obama Administration is hardly surprising. The details will be important. Forcing trades to a clearinghouse is one thing; that

Is the MiFID revolution already over?

MiFID was supposed to be a big-bang moment for the European Markets, a radical injection of competitiveness to level the trading and execution playing field and pave the way for a unified EU-wide

Big bang to reshape CDS market

A big bang has come to the credit derivatives market--one that bodes well for the credit default swap (CDS) market of the future. The bang amounts to a number of structural changes set forth by the