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TSE consults customers for trading technology upgrade
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) plans to cut response times and improve safety margins with a new IT system, according to a TSE report.
BIS: debt now bigger problem than inflation
The main structural threat to global economic growth is no longer runaway inflation, but a slower rebalancing of excess debt, according to a working paper released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
RBS snares alternative risk transfer head from Morgan Stanley
The Royal Bank of Scotland has recruited Eugene Dimitriou as head of alternative risk transfer, global banking and markets.
Euronext.liffe extends trading hours
Euronext.liffe will increase its trading hours for Euribor interest rate futures from the second quarter of 2007.
Lefferts joins Markit in best execution role
London-based data provider Markit has today announced the appointment of David Lefferts as a director.
GFI releases most-traded CDS list
Interdealer broker GFI has released its monthly report on the most actively traded US, European and Asian names in the credit default swap (CDS) market in September.
Amaranth investors should have known risks, says Edhec analyst
Investors in Amaranth, the US hedge fund now preparing to liquidate after taking large losses on natural gas derivatives, should have known that the fund was a risky investment, according to an analyst from France's Edhec business school.
BarCap hires chief sterling strategist
Barclays Capital has appointed Paul Robinson as chief sterling strategist.
PBOT launches futures datafeed
The Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT) will begin distributing futures market data when it relaunches as an electronic market on Friday, in a bid to raise interest in the exchange’s futures contracts.
Logicscope hires finance director
London-based trading technology vendor Logicscope has hired Nick Gretton as its finance director.
House of Representatives passes hedge funds bill
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill calling for a review of hedge fund regulation.