Infrastructure
Murky business
A growing number of observers claim activity by some high-frequency trading firms amounts to little more than manipulation. Some people are throwing around words like 'criminals', 'indictments' and 'theft'. Is there any evidence of wrongdoing? Duncan…
Buy-side battle
Central clearing has dominated the agenda of credit derivatives dealers this year. With regulators pushing for buy-side firms to have access to clearing platforms, dealers and clearing houses are finding there is a great deal of work still to be done…
Data, data everywhere
Making sense of the vast streams of differently formatted data produced by the financial services industry every day is a recurring nightmare for risk managers and regulators. Efforts are now under way to standardise data formats, with Malaysia setting…
CLS: US-Canada forex settlement due in 2010
CLS Bank, the multi-currency cash settlement system provider, is aiming to settle same-day US dollar/Canadian dollar and US dollar/Mexican peso currency trades by the end of 2010, according to chief executive Rob Close.
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive US data; Citi leads
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 20)
CDS: Spreads widen tracking stocks
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 19)
CDS: Citi, BoA lead spreads wider again
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 14)
CDS: Spreads narrow on positive France, Germany GDP data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 13)
CDS: Spreads continue to widen
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 12)
CDS: Spreads widen; US banks lead
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 11)
CDS: Citi leads spreads narrower
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 10)
CDS: Spreads widen despite better-than-expected US jobs data
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 7)
CDS: Spreads narrow again; tracking equities
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 6)
CDS: Spreads tighten a touch; Citi leads
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (August 5)
CDS: Spreads widen after disappointing UBS earnings
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Tuesday August 4)
CDS: Spreads narrow; Citi leads tightening
Credit default swap 5-year mid-levels for structured products issuers (Monday August 3)
