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After successfully implementing the shorter T+2 settlement cycle in September, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. -More- ...... read more »
Theodor Weimer, newly appointed CEO at Deutsche Boerse, intends to bring a larger share of euro clearing to Frankfurt, German -More- ...... read more »
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton is warning that regulators scrutinize firms capitalizing on blockchai -More- ...... read more »
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to end a three-day shutdown of the US government. -More- ...... read more »
Eurozone finance ministers came to a "political agreement" to approve an additional €6.7 billion in bailout funds for Gr -More- ...... read more »
Eurogroup President Mario Centeno has invited nominations to replace European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio, w -More- ...... read more »
Europe's revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive has done little to dissuade banks from running dark pools due to -More- ...... read more »
Delegates of Germany's Social Democratic Party voted to authorize formal negotiations that could lead to the formation of a g -More- ...... read more »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron said they will work together to strengthen and more full -More- ...... read more »
US lawmakers failed to reach a compromise Sunday to end a partial shutdown of the government, and leaders of both parties bec -More- ...... read more »
The bright global economic recovery could be overshadowed by geopolitical threats during Tuesday's launch of the World Econom -More- ...... read more »
A survey of more than 400 institutional foreign exchange, rate and commodity traders finds 61% of respondents are extremely l -More- ...... read more »
The US government shutdown will have numerous ramifications that affect the financial industry. -More- ...... read more »
The European Commission has proposed measures that would give EU states more freedom in setting rates for value-added tax and -More- ...... read more »
Speaking points by Ms Cecilia Skingsley, Deputy Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, at a panel debate on "The Global Economy: What can we expect", International Economic Forum of the Americas, OECD, Paris, 7 December 2017.... read more »
Have unconventional monetary policies (UMPs) become less effective at stimulating economies in persistently low interest rate environments? This paper examines that question with a time-varying parameter VAR for the United States, the United Kingdom, the euro area and Japan. One advantage of our app... read more »
Keynote address by Mr Jameel Ahmad, Deputy Governor for Financial Markets, Islamic Banking & Special Initiatives Cluster at the State Bank of Pakistan, at the 29th Annual Convention of the Association of Professional Bankers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 November 2017.... read more »
Interview with Mr VĂtor Constâncio, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, in La Repubblica, conducted by Ms Tonia Mastrobuoni on 15 January and published on 17 January 2018.... read more »
Global exchanges operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and blockchain technologies provider Blockstream have introduced a consolidated data feed for cryptocurrencies.... read more »
Pan-European exchange Euronext has acquired 80% of the capital of InsiderLog, a Stockholm-based company in insider list management, for €5.8m and an earn-out payment based on future financial performance.... read more »
Mobile banking startup Varo Money has closed a $45m in Series B funding round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus and The Rise Fund.... read more »
UK-based banking group Standard Chartered has created a new business unit, SC Ventures, for investing in fintechs and other start-up companies.... read more »
Cross-border claims rose by $155 billion between end-June and end-September 2017 to $28.9 trillion, reversing the decline in the previous quarter. Lending to non-bank borrowers continued to expand, whereas interbank activity remained subdued. Lending to emerging market economies (EMEs) rose for the... read more »
Keynote speech by Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements, at the joint IMF-BBk conference "Germany - Current Economic Policy Debates", Frankfurt am Main, 18 January 2018.... read more »
Speech by Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at the 20th Annual General Meeting of the Exporters Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 24 October 2017.... read more »
Speech by Mr Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, to the ZĂĽrcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft, Zurich, 16 January 2018.... read more »
Address by Mr Gent Sejko, Governor of the Bank of Albania, at the high-level meeting on the remittances from the Albanian diaspora, Tirana, 11 December 2017.... read more »
Speech by Dr Viral V Acharya, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the Fixed Income Money Markets and Derivatives Association (FIIMDA) Annual Dinner, Mumbai, 15 January 2018.... read more »
This podcast looks at the biggest data management challenges facing enterprises today and why it is hard to run analytic solutions in production at scale. Richard Winter, managing partner at WinterCorp, explains these challenges in an interview conducted by Ron Powell, independent analyst and indust... read more »
Explore the evolution, benefits and future of the Data Warehouse Appliance with consideration for Extended Data Warehouse Architecture. This paper focuses on the DWA and how it has evolved over the years since its introduction. ...... read more »
One of the biggest changes facing organizations making purchasing and deployment decisions about analytic databases " including relational data warehouses " is whether to opt for a cloud solution. A couple of years ago, only a few ...... read more »
See how organizations are adopting sophisticated analytics methods and are moving to hybrid data warehouse architectures.... read more »
Amit Vij, CEO of Kinetica, tells Ron Powell, independent expert and analyst, why GPU technology is so important for business intelligence and analytics.... read more »
At the Gartner BI & Analytics Summit in Grapevine, Texas, Jim Slagle, Vice President of BI for Apria Healthcare, talks with Ron Powell, industry consultant and expert with the BeyeNETWORK and the Business Analytics Collaborative, about Apria Healthcare's cloud BI initiative and how it exceeded... read more »
Rob Armstrong, data and analytic enthusiast for Teradata, talks with Ron Powell, independent analyst and expert, about the untapped value of the information companies already have and the benefits of using new technologies against that data.... read more »
In this article, Rob Armstrong, data and analytic enthusiast for Teradata, talks with Ron Powell about The Analytics of Things and how companies can make data actionable.... read more »
With BI Office, organizations can deploy analytics across the enterprise for today's BI needs. Organizations can unlock data and insights trapped in individual desktops where end users can conduct self-service analytics in an ...... read more »
Perhaps you've discovered that your firstgeneration warehouse is constraining your business. Or you've already modernized your infrastructure but found the new warehouse inefficient. For example, some solutions deliver speedy ...... read more »
Randy Lea, vice president of business and analytic consulting for the Americas for Teradata, sits down with Ron Powell, independent analyst and expert, to explain Teradata's approach to integrating customer information by identifying customers across multiple channels. Randy also discusses other asp... read more »
To become a data-driven organization, business leaders need more than overhyped productivity tools and analytic engines to make decisions. They need a thoughtfully designed platform that empowers everyone to make data an integral ...... read more »
Thousands of users rely on BI Office to turn their organizations into data-driven organizations. They are building code-free data models without IT support, answering complex questions with powerful analytics, designing intuitive ...... read more »
With BI Office, organizations can deploy analytics across the enterprise for today's BI needs. Organizations can unlock data and insights trapped in individual desktops where end users can conduct self-service analytics in an ...... read more »
In this article, Ron Powell, independent analyst and expert with the BeyeNETWORK and Business Analytics Collaborative, talks with Matthew March, CIO for Colony American Finance, about why Colony American Finance business users no longer require IT assistance to access data consolidated in the cloud... read more »
More people who work in New York City are commuting two hours or more so they can live in affordable neighborhoods or have be -More- ...... read more »
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen might be renominated when her term expires next year, President Donald Trump says, reversi -More- ...... read more »
Greg Davis has become Vanguard's chief investment officer, and he is getting up to speed on the equity side of business, afte -More- ...... read more »
President Donald Trump has submitted to the Senate his nomination of Republican Hester Peirce for a seat on the Securities an -More- ...... read more »
The Senate Finance Committee has unanimously agreed to advance David Kautter's nomination as assistant secretary for tax poli -More- ...... read more »
Hester Peirce, a researcher at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, will be nominated a Republican member of the S -More- ...... read more »
Charles Scharf, former CEO of Visa, has been appointed CEO of BNY Mellon. -More- ...... read more »
Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Mortimer "Tim" Buckley will become CEO on Jan. 1, succeeding F. William McNabb III. -More- ...... read more »
The White House is expected to nominate Russ Behnam, an aide to Sen. -More- ...... read more »
James Clinger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has withdrawn his name -More- ...... read more »
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen might not be nominated for a second term next year, sources say. -More- ...... read more »
President Donald Trump has nominated Randal Quarles as vice chairman of supervision at the Federal Reserve, a position Congre -More- ...... read more »
Citadel founder Ken Griffin discusses the lead-up to the financial crisis and what he had to do to keep his firm in business. -More- ...... read more »
The Senate banking committee has for a second time confirmed the nomination of Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reser -More- ...... read more »
Early bird pricing for FPA Retreat 2018 (April 23-26) ends on January 29, 2018.... read more »
Factors such as the advent of robo-advice and the aging of the traditional baby boomer client base require advisers to take c -More- ...... read more »
Women tend to outlive men and are more likely to require long-term care, but planners sometimes overlook the wealth transfer -More- ...... read more »
Advisers typically recommend alternative investments only to clients who qualify as accredited investors, but Clive Slovin of -More- ...... read more »
A Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey finds 37% of consumers have personal finances that are in better shape than they we -More- ...... read more »
Financial planners sometimes make excuses for lackluster marketing efforts, but the truth is that many need to do a better jo -More- ...... read more »
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has provided details about its new Securities Industry Essentials Exam, which wil -More- ...... read more »
The slate of 2018 All-Member Virtual Media Trainings has been set, so register today to take part.... read more »
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to review practices and policies in enforcement, supervision, rulemaking, mark -More- ...... read more »
The Supreme Court's decision to review the appointment process for the administrative law judges used by the Securities and E -More- ...... read more »
Leaders striving to accomplish organizational goals must have a clear idea of their purpose, act as role models and discuss e -More- ...... read more »
Krane Funds Advisors has brought to NYSE Arca an exchange-traded fund exposing investors to developing mobility technologies, -More- ...... read more »
Fidelity Investments has brought to NYSE Arca exchange-traded funds pursuing international high-dividend and value strategies -More- ...... read more »
Barclays has brought to NYSE Arca 15 exchange-traded notes exposing investors to commodities. -More- ...... read more »
Plans to double the supply of US government bonds may cause demand to be exceeded and prompt adverse effects, such as wider c -More- ...... read more »
Two exchange-traded funds exposing investors to companies involved with blockchain technology have debuted. -More- ...... read more »
Clients worried about running out of money in retirement may be put at ease with an annuity, according to Justin Fort, presid -More- ...... read more »
Longtime mutual fund manager American Century has brought to NYSE Arca two exchange-traded funds, one targeting US large-cap -More- ...... read more »
The continued rise of bond yields may lead to a dilemma for investors as they start to consider favoring them over equities, -More- ...... read more »
Charlemagne Capital has been rebranded and repositioned as the European division of Fiera Capital, which owns the London-base -More- ...... read more »
UBS Investment Bank has brought to NYSE Arca an exchange-traded fund giving investors exposure to equities of firms that offe -More- ...... read more »
Deutsche Asset Management has brought to NYSE Arca an exchange-traded fund exposing investors to below-investment-grade high- -More- ...... read more »
401(k) plans would do a better job of providing retirement income if the government required plan sponsors to automatically s -More- ...... read more »
Direxion, ProShares and VanEck are among fund managers that have withdrawn requests for Securities and Exchange Commission ap -More- ...... read more »
Pacer Financial has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight exchange-traded funds exposing investors to d -More- ...... read more »
Firms reach inconsistent conclusions on scope of transparency requirements...... read more »
Bank of China, ICBC likely to see lower reductions in operational risk capital due to reliance on interest income...... read more »
This paper presents an evaluation of how risk interdependence affects the risk management process.... read more »
Demise of AMA leaves industry needing risk-sensitive approach for calculating top-up capital, says consultant...... read more »
Fall in operational risk weights could push up capital requirements for market and credit risk...... read more »
Esma could be left with an incomplete list of instruments subject to reporting requirements...... read more »
Sharp increase in risk weights for unrated corporates could lead to 30% jump in RWAs...... read more »
The war on coal is over, according to the US President - and the effect can be seen in banks' default estimates...... read more »
Minor tweaks don't make up for removal of internal modelling, say banks...... read more »
With the deadline for the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's revised standards for IRRBB fast approaching, many financial institutions are struggling to prepare, meaning many will have to adapt quickly in a drastically changing environment. IBMÂ discusses how it can leverage its insight into t... read more »
Myopic models are creating feedback loops, warns founder of new macro firm Avoca...... read more »
The capital impact of Basel III on Nordic banks is disproportionate to the risks they face...... read more »
This paper proposes a latent variable credit risk model for large loan portfolios. It employs the concept of nested Archimedean copulas to account for both a sector-type dependence structure and a copula-dependent stochastic loss given default (LGD).... read more »
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has debuted a toll-free help line to answer questions from small financial firms -More- ...... read more »
China's "Big Four" banks -- Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Industrial and Commercial -More- ...... read more »
Market participants are unclear which over-the-counter derivatives are equivalent to a trade on a trading venue and therefore -More- ...... read more »
The Trump administration has imposed a 30% tariff on imported solar panels, which are made mostly in China, and a range of ta -More- ...... read more »
The British government is searching for a way to let borrowers in the UK continue to receive funding from the European Invest -More- ...... read more »
The China Securities Regulatory Commission says "rat trading" cases, in which fund managers front-run clients, dropped signif -More- ...... read more »
Senate Republicans have sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to "formally clarify" that the standards enacted b -More- ...... read more »
The Federal Reserve is working to relieve banks of "overly complex regulation" that doesn't make the financial system any saf -More- ...... read more »
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have issued a joint statement underlining -More- ...... read more »
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says Germany and France will submit proposals for regulation of cryptocurrencies to th -More- ...... read more »
Thirteen states have adopted the North American Securities Administrators Association's model legislation requiring professio -More- ...... read more »
Investor-protection issues must be addressed before exchange-traded funds linked to bitcoin are allowed, according to the Sec -More- ...... read more »
A European Commission report says that the value of nonperforming loans on banks' balance sheets is declining but that the to -More- ...... read more »
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Central and Eastern European economies are getting a new boost from stronger consumer trends.... read more »
Technology firms could be the next U.S. money managers, since they have the size, brand recognition and distribution capabilities.... read more »
Several Pensions & Investments' reporters are taking on new assignments.... read more »
The SEC's move to pursue more cases in-house instead of through the courts could come to an abrupt end this spring.... read more »
The lure of garnering alpha in an inefficient market is attracting a vanguard of U.S. pension funds to invest in China's A-shares market.... read more »
Pension funds in the world's largest retirement markets showed strong gains in 2017.... read more »
Non-bank lenders are seeking European institutional money to close the funding gap left by Basel III regulation.... read more »
Much like the impact of the Fed's moves on emerging market countries, executives said there is little need to fear moves by other domestic central banks.... read more »
An unusual coalition, old-fashioned lobbying and a presidential tweet might have saved retirement savings tax advantages.... read more »
Investors shouldn't fear the impact of central bank moves on emerging markets since these economies are in a better place than in recent years to deal with changing monetary policies.... read more »
Generational change at the big alternative investment firms is finally starting to happen. What should investors expect?... read more »
Central bank policies might have less impact on emerging market economies than in the past.... read more »
Pension funds in the world's largest retirement markets will have a year of changes to deal with in 2018.... read more »
Private equity founders are not as good at smoothly relinquishing control of their firms as they are at making investments.... read more »
Federal Reserve Board announces it has finalized a rule adjusting the Board's maximum civil money penalties...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board requests comment on proposed guidance that would clarify Board's supervisory expectations related to risk management for large financial institutions...... read more »
Federal Reserve payments study supplement points to accelerated credit card use...... read more »
Agencies announce Shared National Credit definition change; aggregate loan commitment threshold increased to adjust for inflation, and changes in average loan size...... read more »
Agencies announce joint determinations for living wills...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board repeals Regulation C and seeks public comment on proposal to revise Regulation M...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board announces final plans for the production of three new reference rates based on overnight repurchase agreement (repo) transactions secured by Treasury securities...... read more »
U.S. banking agencies support conclusion of reforms to international capital standards...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board requests comment on package of proposals that would increase the transparency of its stress testing program...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on proposal to amend Regulation A...... read more »
Federal banking agencies finalize extension of certain capital rule transitions...... read more »
Agencies amend CRA regulations to conform to HMDA regulation changes and remove references to the neighborhood stabilization program...... read more »
Federal Reserve Board extends comment periods for two related proposals until February 15, 2018...... read more »
Agencies announce annual indexing of exempt consumer credit and lease transactions in 2018...... read more »