Derivatives and their Role in Future Finance
What role should derivatives play in a reformed financial services marketplace? I have yet to see much intelligent discussion on the topic and was really disappointed that the FT, in a full page...
View ArticleSIFMA chief expects a systemic US regulator by early 2010
The US needs a single financial stability regulator, said Tom Ryan, chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). In a recent presentation at a Reuters...
View ArticleSIFMA — Is the Decline Terminal?
“It’s kind of sad to see a show dying,” remarked one public relations person on the opening day of SIFMA. The most common comment during the event was how the conference had shrunk since last year....
View ArticleDo Consumers Need Protection from Banks?
Could American consumers come out of this crisis with a little help from Washington? The Obama administration is pushing a new consumer protection agency to regulate the bankers, and the bankers are...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs and the American Economy
I was surprised to see a chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was resigning, and then realised from the reports it was a non-exec. Institutional Risk Analyst put it in perspective: “And...
View ArticlePower Elites and Banking Reform
Uh oh – FT columnist Gillian Tett is quoting a French sociologist … This sort of thing could get dangerous, but it looks intriguing. Drawing on her time in Japan, which prompted me to pull her book...
View ArticleAsian Banking Set for an Economic Rebound
I am preparing a story for the Sibos issue of Banking Technology, and if there is a discernible trend it is that experts think Asia will come out of the financial crisis before Europe and North...
View ArticleDeath of the Bourse
The announcement that the London Stock Exchange is in talks to buy Turquoise signals the death of the Bourse. Tied to the Exchange’s departure from the Federation of European Exchanges, it suggests a...
View ArticleDo bonuses make you untrustworthy?
Some new research by David De Cremer, a professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and visiting professor to the London School of Economics, raises a few interesting questions...
View ArticleFor Oracle to take out IBM requires more than talk
Larry Ellison has said that with the acquisition of Sun he is ready to take on IBM in the enterprise. Others don’t think so. I’ve been steadily impressed with what IBM is doing in financial services....
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