4367 Results from /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Laptops, desktops, Macs, mobiles, and tablets are on many people’s wish lists this holiday season. Once these shiny new devices are connected to the Internet, they will be under siege by malware created by criminals in order to steal identities. According to a recent McAfee survey, 60% of consumers now own at least three digital devices, and 25% ow...
21 December 2011 /security /regulation
Retired Member
As a result of OTC clearing reform – Dodd-Frank, EMIR – the cost of OTC deals is clearly going to rise, and spreads and volumes are going to fall. Who can make money in a market like that? With the cost of eligible collateral pledged to clearing houses rising – due to the shortage of collateral, cash and non-cash – banks will have no choice but to ...
19 December 2011 /regulation /wholesale
On our way home from a recent family vacation, my two year old grew understandably anxious and uncooperative while waiting for a flight in an airport terminal. So I handed over my iPhone, hoping to distract her. Within seconds, she had launched the photo application and begun scrolling through the videos of our trip. She’d watch a video, giggle a ...
16 December 2011 /security /regulation
Ronan Brennan CTO at MoneyMate
2012 is set to be a dynamic year in the financial advisory sector. With the FSA’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR) coming into effect in December 2012, IFAs have to up the ante with standardised professional qualifications and increased transparency of charges and services. With time running out to comply, it is not a matter of when, but how to pr...
14 December 2011 /regulation
Before any pick-up game as a kid -- or now for that matter -- we always set up the rules. The more complex the game, the longer everyone must wait to play. But participants in the capital markets cannot suspend their work, starting with the 2008 financial meltdown and ending who-knows-when, as Dodd-Frank, Basel III and other regimes get sorted. So ...
01 December 2011 /regulation
Miloslav Hoschek Freelancer at e-Silk Road, NGO
TILL 2050 THERE WILL COME TO EUROPE 1,3 BILLION NEW MIGRANTS..... copyright Miloslav HOSCHEK PhD independent consultant mhoschek/ad/gmail.com
01 December 2011 /payments /regulation Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
So what actually are the FSA after then? Do they want firms to treat their ‘customers fairly’ when in times of temporary financial shortages, or do they want lenders and administrators to be more transparent to them when reporting residential mortgage arrears and shortfall figures? Read between the lines of the FSA’s latest guidance paper on ‘Fo...
30 November 2011 /regulation /retail Financial Services Regulation
My first post on the topic of “Big Data” discussed the context of the "four Vs" of Big Data in financial services: Volume, Velocity, Variety & Value. With the latest developments in the European debt crisis – including credit rating downgrades in key ‘AAA’ nations – echoing across the Eurozone and to the United States, the importance...
29 November 2011 /regulation
“Beware of the geeks bearing formulas” said Warren Buffett. Although aimed at quants and their complex financial models, sometimes I feel this statement is as equally as applicable to members of the IT community like myself who are tasked with helping make such complexities reality. This year, my colleagues and I have had many a discussion on tec...
28 November 2011 /regulation Banking Architecture
The first Monday following the US Thanksgiving holiday has become known as “Cyber Monday”; a day in which online retailers promote heavy discounts on merchandise to kick off the holiday shopping season. Cyberspace will be reeling with special offers enticing consumers to buy their products or services and get a jump start on the countdown to Christ...
28 November 2011 /security /regulation
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