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Abenomics stumbles as it fails to convince Corporate Japan

17 June 2013
Markets are attuned to the unfolding of Prime Minister Abe’s second act, says Alfonso Esparza, Senior Currency Strategist, OANDA...

Social data in finance

11 June 2013
IMGROUP’s Suranjan Som talks Big Data and gaining insight through social channels...

The end of paper-based trade confirmation?

6 June 2013
Paper-based trade confirmations may soon become a thing of the past for players of all sizes, says SWIFT’s Paul Taylor...

Time to get comfortable with SEFs

29 May 2013
Fidessa's Mark Brennan gives his views on the latest news from the CFTC, and what this means for the swaps market structure...

SEPA migration: Get started before it’s too late

22 May 2013
Fiserv's Andy Mellor outlines some of the key considerations that organisations faced with SEPA migration need to consider...

Tobin tax faces backlash from Euro area

14 May 2013
MarketPrizm’s Tanuja Randery discusses the pitfalls of the European Financial Transaction Tax...

Achieving unified view of risk: Managing CVA across the enterprise

8 May 2013
As financial institutions begin to shift towards greater centralisation for the quantification, pricing and management of their counterparty credit risk and CVA - they must weigh another risk - that of operating in the past, says Numerix’s Denny Yu...

Data: The Lifeblood of Profitable Trading Models

2 May 2013
Profitable algorithms are equal parts genius, inspiration and perspiration, says OneMarketData’s Louis Lovas.

To clear or not to clear is that the question?

24 April 2013
SWIFT's Lisa O'Connor delivers her latest insights into developments in the internationalisation of the RMB, with a focus on clearing...

An operational spring clean begins with data

16 April 2013
It’s time that financial institutions signed up for a data detox, says Mark Johnson, Vice President, Global Sales at Asset Control...

Sick of SEPA?

8 April 2013
It's no surprise that SEPA has become somewhat of a 'four letter word' in corporate treasury circles recently, says FX-MM's Editor, Eleanor Hill...

The future of the public cloud in financial services

2 April 2013
Jonathan Birch, EMEA Practice Head for Infrastructure and Architecture, NTT DATA looks at the forces shaping public vs. private cloud usage as the market reacts to threats and opportunities...

What the PBoC’s bilateral swap agreements mean for the RMB

25 March 2013
SWIFT’s monthly RMB tracker provides key statistics on the international use of the Chinese currency. We get the lowdown from Lisa O’Connor, Initiative Director, RMB Internationalisation at SWIFT.

Key lessons for the US from UK phone ruling implementation

11 March 2013
With telephone trading reform coming into force in the US this month, Neil Hammerton, CEO of Natterbox, takes a look at the technology troubles UK traders faced when the FSA’s phone ruling was implemented.

How banks can gain value from outsourcing IT selectively and effectively

4 March 2013
Rob Coupland, Managing Director, TelecityGroup UK, looks at the benefits of IT outsourcing for banks, and why the challenge is often more psychological than physical...