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The SECs Mission: Proving Its A Fair Game
September 29, 2010 @ 13:44 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
wo former SEC Chairmen, Harvey Pitt, Kalorama Partners, and Richard Breeden, Breeden & Co., discussed the future of the SEC, with Maria Bartiromo, of CNBC, covering what the agency has done to restore investor confidence and why circuit breakers, the main course of action, have been problematic.
continued...Hiring Freeze At Morgan Stanley Feeds Fear of Layoffs
September 28, 2010 @ 11:39 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
With all sorts of gloom and doom reports about Wall Street hiring freezes and lower trading profits floating around the media today, you would think the sky is falling once again.
continued...Is Dow 12K Going to Pull in the Retail Investor?
September 27, 2010 @ 17:34 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
The question on CNBC today was whether Dow 12,000 will cause retail investors to stampede back into the market.
continued...Regulatory Reactions to the Crisis and Moving Forward
September 22, 2010 @ 16:25 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
A new era on Wall Street has dawned, including revamped regulations for OTC derivatives and proprietary trading.
continued...Morgan Stanley's Early History May Signal Bright Outlook for Prop Trading Desks
September 16, 2010 @ 11:28 AM | By Justin Grant
Morgan Stanley, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this week, owes its very existence to the type of stringent financial regulations now forcing banks to ponder the fate of their proprietary trading operations.
continued...JP Morgan Chase CEO Rips Dodd-Frank Bill's Derivatives Rule
September 15, 2010 @ 11:11 AM | By Justin Grant
JP Morgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon warns that recent financial reforms enacted in the U.S. and around the world will lead to higher costs and less credit for large and small investors alike, the Financial Times reports.
continued...Diverging Opinions Over OMS/EMS Integration
September 08, 2010 @ 09:09 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
We have been writing about the debate over integrating the order management and execution management systems for the past five years. And still the issue is unresolved.
continued...Hedge Funds Under Pressure to Deliver as 2010 Winds Down
September 07, 2010 @ 12:12 PM | By Justin Grant
After yet another month of mixed results, hedge fund managers are under growing pressure to deliver strong results in the last four months of 2010, the Financial Times reports.
continued...A Bright Spot for Agency Brokers
September 03, 2010 @ 08:00 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
As agency brokers expand into the alternative research area, they are becoming alpha generators, which turns out to be a more stable, if not growing, piece of the total commission pie.
continued...Slicing the Alpha-Generation Pie
September 02, 2010 @ 11:25 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
In building out their research capabilities, agency brokers are encroaching on the bulge bracket's turf.
continued...JPMorgan Chase to Close Proprietary Trading Unit, Rivals May Follow Suit
September 01, 2010 @ 12:34 PM | By Justin Grant
JPMorgan Chase is getting a head start on the Volcker Rule's controversial stipulation banning banks from trading their own money, and is shutting down its proprietary commodity trading segment. Although the new regulation gives banks two years to shut down such operations, the firm opted to act now since the troubled markets have dampened investor appetite for commodities risk, The Financial Times reports.
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