Sep 19, 2011The European Commission’s use of regulations is only one step toward the creation of a harmonised and transparent derivatives market in Europe, says James Godwin, head of regulation for PLUS Markets Group. read more>
Sep 12, 2011While European regulation such as MiFID II and the European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR) are set to break down vertical silos within national markets, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has linked up with LCH.Clearnet. Amid the restructuring of the industry, Richard Perrott, analyst at Berenberg Bank, an independent German private bank, says a good exchange business model will always win out. read more>
Sep 05, 2011With regulatory initiatives such as the Dodd-Frank Act in the US and Basel III demanding increased transparency and steeper capital requirements, sell-side firms in particular are having to adopt new approaches to risk management, according to Steve Wilcockson, financial services industry manager for advanced technology services workshop MathWorks. read more>
Aug 29, 2011Pricing and functionality are inexact criteria for predicting dark pool execution quality compared with technology and volatility, says Mark Goodman, head of quantitative electronic services, Europe, Société Générale. read more>
Aug 22, 2011As competition authorities scrutinise the potential merger between exchange groups NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse, Roland Bellegarde, executive vice president for the European listing business and cash trading at NYSE Euronext, insists economies of scale are critical to the logic of combining two major markets. read more>
Aug 15, 2011The remit given to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the pan-European securities watchdog, will give it greater powers of intervention and help it to achieve its goal of creating a single rulebook for Europe, says chairman Steven Maijoor. read more>
Aug 08, 2011The large trader rule approved by US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission last month is a noble but misguided gesture, says Jeffrey Wallis, managing partner, EMEA consulting, SunGard. read more>
Aug 01, 2011With a new global exchange landscape beginning to emerge, bourses in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are seeking to establish a common trading infrastructure in order to boost trading and investment activity, says Maxim Volkov, managing director of regional and international development at the integrated RTS-MICEX exchange. read more>
Jul 25, 2011As regulators scrutinise the internal crossing activities of investment banks, new models in the form of broker-operated multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) are beginning to make their mark on the European landscape, says Robert Barnes, CEO of UBS MTF, the dark pool operated by UBS. read more>
Jul 18, 2011The dark side of the equities market, over-the-counter (OTC) trading, needs to become more transparent under MiFID II, says Michael Buhl, CEO of Central and Eastern European Stock Exchange Group; otherwise liquidity will flow from the lit markets and a two-tier trading environment will develop. read more>