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Next Stop for Dodd-Frank Might Be the Courts
November 30, 2011 @ 10:26 AM | By Phil Albinus
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MF Global's Disappearing Cash
November 29, 2011 @ 11:27 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
Although $200 million in cash from MF Global has surfaced at JP Morgan in Britain, customers may never see the money.
continued...Did Paulson Tip Off Hedge Fund Pals?
November 29, 2011 @ 11:02 AM | By Phil Albinus
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The Barney Frank Legacy
November 28, 2011 @ 10:59 AM | By Phil Albinus
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Quant Hedge Fund CEO Supports Transaction Tax Proposal
November 28, 2011 @ 10:36 AM | By Justin Grant
The European Commission’s controversial financial transaction tax proposal is getting support from an unlikely source: the head of the largest hedge fund in the world to trade off of quantitative analysis.
continued...A High-Frequency Trader Fights Back
November 23, 2011 @ 11:39 AM | By Justin Grant
With European politicians threatening high-frequency trading as we know it through proposed regulations and inflammatory rhetoric that's hardening the public's negative view of the practice, at least one industry official appears to have had enough and is fighting back.
continued...Wall Street's Young and Jobless
November 22, 2011 @ 10:53 AM | By Phil Albinus
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Regulation May Spell the End of High-Speed Quant Trading
November 18, 2011 @ 09:45 AM | By Phil Albinus
Despite the money that Wall Street is spending on Washington lobbyists to try to neuter the Dodd-Frank Act, quantitative trading is going to face greater scrutiny in the coming years.
continued...Pipeline Shakes Up Management Following Scandal
November 16, 2011 @ 12:11 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
After settling SEC charges over its dark pool violations, Pipeline tapped a former Liquidnet executive. But can the firm bounce back after lying to its buy-side customers?
continued...What's Next for Occupy Wall Street?
November 15, 2011 @ 11:14 AM | By Phil Albinus
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Is Legalized Insider Trading Making Congressmen Rich?
November 14, 2011 @ 12:06 PM | By Justin Grant
There isn’t any legal barrier stopping lawmakers from investing on information that's not available to the public.
continued...High-Frequency Traders Losing The Public Relations Battle
November 10, 2011 @ 12:15 PM | By Justin Grant
There's no doubt that HFT has a serious image problem and global regulators are seizing on that.
continued...Goldman, Morgan Stanley May Be Next MF Global: Roubini
November 09, 2011 @ 11:33 AM | By Justin Grant
In a series of tweets Monday, Roubini said the government could be forced to bail out systemically important companies once again.
continued...Does MF Global's Failure Point to Regulatory Gaps?
November 08, 2011 @ 12:16 PM | By Ivy Schmerken
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro told CNBC that MF Global collapsed because it made bad decisions. But how did regulators not see its exposures or excessive leverage?
continued...Corzine Steps Down, Gensler Swoops In
November 04, 2011 @ 10:48 AM | By Phil Albinus
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Transaction Tax Proposals Not Gaining Much Headway
November 03, 2011 @ 10:47 AM | By Justin Grant
Due to staunch Republican opposition in both chambers of Congress, such a tax has almost no chance of becoming law in the United States. The issue is also front and center in Europe as the G20 summit kicks off in Cannes this week.
continued...The Risks of Jon Corzine
November 02, 2011 @ 12:09 PM | By Phil Albinus
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High-Frequency Trading to Blame for Market Volatility?'
November 01, 2011 @ 08:20 AM | By Ivy Schmerken
As the markets continue their wild gyrations, regulators continue to struggle with high-frequency trading's role in the volatility and with how to stabilize the markets.
continued...When Quants Open Up
November 01, 2011 @ 08:20 AM | By Phil Albinus
A portion of the blame for the market's current volatility and the great divide of wealth in this nation can be laid at the feet of algorithmic trading.
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