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The world bank has recently published their six monthly GEP report showing interesting contradictions in growth across various regions. In the Eurozone of course we are looking at a recession of 0.3%, although given the strength of France and particularly Germany, one wonders what this means for Greece, Spain and Portugal. US growth will accelerat...
24 January 2012 /regulation /wholesale
Gary Wright Analyst at BISS Research
Investment banks have enormous positions to fund on a daily basis. This will include not only its own proprietary positions but also those of its clients who make use of the bank’s market capabilities and its ability to maximise collateral to get the best possible deal. By making good use of the soup to nuts banking facility the investing client h...
23 January 2012 /wholesale Post-Trade Forum
In the UK, the history of stock borrowing and lending has veered from being a well regulated, secure winner for all parts of the finance industry into an open season that is almost a free-for-all for regulated business. This has been instrumental in the creation of a much greater risk in short selling. I will be presenting a potted history of stoc...
18 January 2012 /wholesale Post-Trade Forum
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
The Euro Crisis and Supply Chain Finance: New Players Enter the Game Synopsis In recent years, a new breed of non-bank players has emerged in the European Supply Chain Finance (SCF) marketplace, offering solutions particularly well-suited to the needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Looking ahead, I believe that a November 2009 change in E...
16 January 2012 /wholesale Financial Supply Chain
There has been a huge media outcry that short selling is a major reason for the economic crisis. Worryingly people in the industry have bought this message and many firmly believe that short selling is one of the market’s evils. Sadly this view, although popular, demonstrates the ignorance of the reality of the benefits that short selling brings t...
13 January 2012 /wholesale Post-Trade Forum
I am sure we were all delighted to see that the government has fully adopted the Vickers Report !! Much focus has been placed on the business impact of separation but what does it mean in practice. Page 54 tells us what is mandated and what is prohibited in a ring fenced bank. Deposits, payments, lending (of all types) and advising on non risky pr...
12 January 2012 /regulation /wholesale
What’s going to get us out of the doldrums? Growth of course! What’s going to drive growth? Increased business activity! While we are being told this, there are a whole range of factors that are going to put the squeeze on trade. The universal currency for international commodity trading is the dollar. The commodity trading organisations I work ...
05 January 2012 /regulation /wholesale
About a year ago, in my blog ‘On your marks for SEPA’, I commented on the European Commission’s proposals for the setting of end dates for the migration from legacy instruments to SEPA credit transfers and direct debits. I wrote: “At least the whole industry knows that serious planning can now no longer be delayed. We don’t yet have the final ‘go’...
03 January 2012 /payments /wholesale
Happy 2012. In this second part of my post I will address other points that make the experience of B2B solution providers so relevant to those financial institutions involved in developing global transaction services on platforms. The examples come from the history of Ariba, a company that had the vision to use the Internet to enable companies to ...
03 January 2012 /wholesale Transaction Banking
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
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