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Chinese stocks and Sarbanes Oxley
As the debate over the merits of Sarbanes Oxley heated up over the years, we pointed to the rise of Chinese companies trading on U.S. markets, which as group seemed gung-ho on Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
The idea was that they needed the Good Housekeeping seal of approval that 404(b) compliance
Intensity builds in battle between dark pools. high-frequency traders
The war between dark pools and high-frequency traders has been raging for years. But are we about to see a new more public front open up?
Liquidnet seems to have a fired a salvo across the bow of the high-frequency industry. It has published a new survey that has found that about two-thirds of
How to execute CSR reporting
More companies seem to be pondering the value of corporate social responsibility programs. The idea that a company can do well financially by doing good may strike some as mere PR, but the idea has taken hold at some companies. The time for this may be ripe, as more investors and shareholder a
Bank of America shakes up executive suite
It's never a good sign when a company announces two major executive shake ups in short order. The danger is that the second move comes across as a sign of desperation and an indication that the bank just can't get its management in order.
Is Bank of America at the point of desperation? The sto
ESG might soon become a compliance issue
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria has slowly made its way from the periphery of institutional investors' focus toward the mainstream. The movement has been more pronounced in Europe than in the U.S., but it continues to gather momentum in both places.
A new report by RCM has
What to make of the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt?
Standard & Poor's has taken a principled stand on the U.S. government's ability to lower its soaring deficit, lowering its rating on long-term Treasury debt to AA+ from AAA. Many people are noting the historical significance of the move, as Treasury debt has been AAA rated since the early
New York AG complicates Bank of America putback settlement plans
It looked like quite a coup when Bank of America announced a deal in June to settle putback claims with a marquee list of bond holders. The agreement called for the maligned bank to pay just $8.5 billion to settle claims on mortgage-backed securities that comprised roughly $175 billion in unpaid p
Brian Moynihan finally putting the Countrywide fiasco behind him
Bank of America's ( NYSE:BAC ) stock rallied on the news that it had agreed to an $8.5 billion settlement 22 institutional investors over private-label putback claims.
Breakingviews puts it in some perspective: Bank of America "Has now paid or earmarked at least $30 billion to cover clai
GETCO launches high-frequency trading tool for institutions
One big theme in the institutional trading world at the moment is the desire of buy-side firms to tap the leading edge tools of sell-side trading outfits.
Deutsche Bank, for example, has launched an effort to bring leading edge high-frequency tools to its clients. In a similar vein, RBC has la
Corporate pensions to raise allocations to hedge funds
There's been a lot of talk over the past year or so about how institutional investors were poised to aggressively increase their allocations to hedge funds. Most of that talk has been about public pensions.
But MarketWatch notes that corporate pensions are also bent on boosting returns by
