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Risk 25 firms of the future: Introduction
With over-the-counter derivatives markets in flux, picking winners and losers is a tough job. This is where Risk’s editorial team nails its colours to the mast. By Lukas Becker, Matt Cameron, Laurie...
Of the various market segments, the list of dealers is both the easiest to draw up and the one with the most tail risk. The names selected are essentially the G-16 group of large dealers, with RBC Capital...
Boston-based State Street traces its history to 1792, less than a decade after the conclusion of the American Revolution. Today, the bank is hoping to profit by clinging to the coat-tails of another revolution:...
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Risk 25 firms of the future: Newedge
It's not easy for participants in today’s markets to predict the future – but, for Newedge, there is an added complication. The firm is jointly owned by Société Générale and the investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole, and there has been speculation...
Risk 25 firms of the future: Deutsche Bank
Banks are still reeling from the revelation last month that staff at Barclays lied about the bank’s borrowing costs in an attempt to manipulate Libor and Euribor benchmark rates – behaviour that resulted in a roughly $450 million settlement with...
Risk 25 firms of the future: Buy side
Buy-side firms are seizing the moment. They could have adopted a defensive attitude while over-the-counter markets were being rebuilt, speaking up only when their business model was threatened. Instead, a handful of firms have become activists, influencing...
Risk 25 firms of the future: Citadel
"When is enough, enough?” Kenneth Griffin wants to know. The founder and chief executive of Citadel, the Chicago-based asset manager and market-maker, blames dealer lobbying for the slow implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act’s rules on clearing, and...
Risk 25 firms of the future: BlackRock
Over-the-counter derivatives have been a popular way for many buy-side firms to take or hedge risk for more than two decades, but they may be about to lose their appeal. Regulatory reform will impose new capital and liquidity constraints on banks, which...
Risk 25 firms of the future: Brokers
Interdealer brokers have long known the future is electronic. Many have already developed electronic platforms to sit alongside their voice-broking operations, but the onset of new regulation has made the shift a commercial imperative. The Dodd-Frank...
Risk 25 firms of the future: GFI Group
If bravery is defined as sticking your neck out and making bold predictions during a period of extreme uncertainty, then Michael Gooch, chief executive of GFI Group, is a brave man. He says the brokerage he founded in 1987 will follow in the footsteps...
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