4229 Results from /regulation
Retired Member
It's always seemed strange to me that people only get really interested in withholding tax when economic times start getting tough. The sub-prime mess which has led to a range of spin-off crises at banks (retail and wholesale) and brokers, seems to be raising this old penny again. I guess its not really surprising given human nature - when times...
26 November 2007 /regulation /wholesale
So we have seen some high profile casualties in the subprime triggered credit crunch from both the corporation and personnel perspective and I am sure we will see further cases in the coming weeks and months as more banks write off ever increasing amounts related to their mortgage business and as the true size of these write offs become clear as h...
22 November 2007 /regulation Trends in Financial Services
The latest government data loss story beggars belief. It does make you wonder what would happen if we were stupid enough to introduce an ID cards scheme. I'm putting my money where my mouth is at www.no2id.net. Why not join me? Entertaining to see the Daily Mail (never one to let the facts get in the way of a good story) are reporting the ENTIRE...
21 November 2007 /security /regulation
Given that much of my time spent in conversations around metadata leakage being someone else's fault / responsibility, it was fascinating to watch the Chancellor's performance in the House this afternoon. That smoking gun certainly has a lot of fingerprints on it. Mind you, today's news will certainly raise the profile of Information Leak Preventi...
20 November 2007 /security /regulation Information Security
After nearly a decade of weather derivatives trading, the exchange traded weather risk products started picking up in volumes and popularity, but still there are a lots of interesting points to observe in OTC trading volume, liquidity, trading infrastructure etc.. As per the WRMA’s 2007 industry survey total number of contracts traded worldwide f...
20 November 2007 /regulation MiFID
Alan Goodrich Regional Sales Manager at ERI
Sorry, this is not a blog discussing the new TV series, but it hopefully will hold your attention at least as long as the programme makers hope their latest show will. Much is being written and discussed about innovation in financial services with, it seems, organisations employing an increasing number of people with the remit to innovate. Any of y...
07 November 2007 /payments /regulation Trends in Financial Services
Very disappointing, as I am sure we all agree. Doubly so knowing Lord Erroll's dedication and enthusiasm for the work of the Committee (having heard his impassioned views on the issues at our recent Information Security dinners). Perhaps the Government should be more aware of the content of the FSA's Market Watch newsletters...
31 October 2007 /security /regulation Information Security
The most significant private equity investment in the financial technology sector these past few months was definitely Advent International's (a TA Associates competitor and spin-off) acquisition of a majority stake in Paris-based portfolio and risk management software provider Sophis last July. Sophis provides two main solutions: RISQUE (for sell...
22 October 2007 /regulation Private Equity Investing in Financial Technology
Interestingly, this was exactly the topic of conversation at a couple of CIO / CTO level Information Security dinners that we have hosted in the city recently, and follows hot (OK, warm) on the heels of the FSA's Market Watch newsletter on Market Conduct and Transaction Reporting Issues, with accidental leaks of sensitive information being a key i...
24 September 2007 /security /regulation Information Security
Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
"The big lesson of the subprime crisis: that it's a mistake to lend money to poor people." "Rich people know how to invest extra money. Poor people just squander it on necessities. That's why capitalism works so well: it keeps money out of the hands of people who don't know how to use it and directs it to people who know how to make ...
12 September 2007 /regulation /wholesale Whatever...
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.