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Momentum Ignition: Arson for Financial Markets

ESMA has defined momentum ignition as a case of prohibited market manipulation. ICE Canada considers this to be disruptive, and so does the CME Group. One UK government report stated that momentum ig...

13 Sep 2016
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Does archiving increase risk?

MiFID II is putting archiving under the spotlight again as firms come to grips with being able to promptly recreate trades including all conversations, even if the transaction didn’t happen. Archivin...

07 Sep 2016
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Demonstrating Compliance of Investor Protection

MiFID II has a number of amendments pertaining to investor protection. Firms must act honestly, fairly, and professionally in accordance with the best interests of its clients and put their customers’...

05 Aug 2016
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MiFID II Check List - Is your data communications ready?

Regardless of the implications over Brexit, the spectre of MiFID II still remains. For some organisations, it will just require a strengthening of processes and procedures already in place to ensure c...

07 Jul 2016
John Cant

Will MiFID II bring Evolution or Revolution to investment research?

There has been significant discussion, and indeed some confusion, around the impact of MiFID II on investment research. Some investment firms, including M&G recently, have made announcements that ...

08 Jun 2016
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MiFID II - Commodity Derivatives Amendments - What's in a Change?

Introduced with the objective of fair competition and consumer protection in investment services, the MiFID II is grabbing headlines ever since its inception way back in 2011 - as a response to the gl...

01 Jun 2016
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Why Real-Time Archiving of Conversations is Essential for MiFID II

The deadline for enforcement may not be written in stone, but the countdown for MiFID II is on. As part of the new regulations, enterprises need to ensure that all records relating to client orders ar...

15 Mar 2016
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Don’t procrastinate with preservation

The deadline for MiFID II might be delayed, but financial organisations should be wary of putting off their plans to reinforce archiving of client communications. With every piece of litigation, the p...

22 Feb 2016
Iosif Itkin

The Next Generation of Testing Tools for Exchanges

The modern society expects quality and reliability from the modern exchange platforms. Thorough verification of exchange technology is not possible without adequate software testing tools. Understandi...

17 Oct 2015
Iosif Itkin

Innovation in Quality Assurance - What is the Impact on Trading Technology?

This post outlines some ideas on how particular changes in quality assurance might affect the trading technology. There are lots of discussions on Internet-of-Things, Cloud and Web. However, there are...

10 Oct 2015
Gary Wright

Can you really test ethical behaviour?

I have never known ethics to be talked about so much as in the last year or two and we all know why. However, I was intrigued the other day when the Chartered Institute of Investment Services (CISI) (...

24 Oct 2012
Gary Wright

Ratings gone quiet or the lull before the calm

Since LIBOR broke into media frenzy territory the noise around ratings has gone pretty quiet. Although we have seen the appointment of Kevin Milne one of the City’s best assets by RVS the Singaporean ...

18 Oct 2012

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