Four major chains are shipping upgrades in the same half-year, and they are all optimising for the same thing — which is not throughput. Solana's Alpenglow upgrade targets transaction finality of 100 to 150 milliseconds,…
How Can we Ensure that Big Data Does…
[caption id="attachment_311934" align="alignleft" width="319"] Charles Randell[/caption] Speech by Charles Randell, Chair, Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator, delivered at Reuters Newsmaker event, London. Speaker: Charles Randell, Chair, Financial Conduct Authority and Payment Systems Regulator Location: Reuters Newsmaker event,…
The AMF Publishes its 2018 Markets and Risk…
At a time when the economic environment could be less supportive (threat of an interest rate snap back, excessive debt, trade wars, or the vulnerability of certain emerging countries), the number one risk identified by…
DGCX Expands Collateral Basket in Partnership with Standard…
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and its Central Counter Party (CCP) subsidiary, Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), announced that clearing members can now deliver eligible global securities as collateral. To underpin the expansion…
Investors Show Mixed Levels of Understanding While Confidence…
Confidence in New Zealand’s financial markets has remained stable since 2017, despite uncertainty around a potential trade war, volatile global markets and a focus on the culture and conduct of major financial institutions in Australia…
Banks Directed to Adhere to New Capital Requirements…
Extra capital requirement during upswings provides protection against future downturns Research evidence supports activation of buffer early in economic cycle Banking sector has sufficient capital to absorb increase. The Central Bank of Ireland has today…
SEC Files Additional Charges in Fitbit Stock Manipulation…
Washington D.C., July 11, 2018 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against a second defendant in connection with a scheme to manipulate the price of Fitbit securities through false regulatory filings. According…
SFC Reprimands and Fines Citigroup Global Markets Asia…
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (CGMAL) $4 million over CGMAL’s regulatory breaches in relation to the operations of its alternative liquidity pool (ALP) (Notes 1…
Trading Related Bills Move Along
[caption id="attachment_311960" align="alignleft" width="106"] Randy Hultgren[/caption] Several trading related bills made advances in their journey to become law. The House Financial Services Committee that the full house had advanced eight bills and eight bills also…