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The closer quants look, the less diversifying crypto appears
Analysis seems to confirm that the asset class is not an effective diversification play
Status quo will push back on blockchain, conference hears
Control, cost, intermediaries and law all seen as hurdles for use of blockchain in financial markets
Economists, like hedge fund traders, need open minds
Economists, risk managers and traders must learn the lessons of crisis, says Kaminski
Capital inflows plus risk appetite equals crisis, conference hears
Competition with bond markets raises danger of crash
LSE: "Banking crises are unavoidable"
There is only one way to avoid a banking crisis, according to the co-director of a new London School of Economics research centre - and that's not to have a banking system. By Laurie Carver
High-frequency trading improves market quality, study finds
Study disproves commonly held negative perceptions of HFT
Efficient markets’ failure hamstrung central banks: CentralBanking.com panel
Reliance on efficient markets hypothesis to develop policy frameworks must be reversed, LSE’s Brandon Davies and Fathom director Danny Gabay argue
More discord over Basel III countercyclical buffers
Basel Committee’s Peter Praet acknowledges disagreement; Charles Goodhart warns lack of consensus will stop central banks acting to stem financial imbalances
Central banks are preferred regulators: CentralBanking.com panel
Charles Goodhart, Sir John Gieve and Paul Mortimer-Lee say regulation is best housed within the central bank but warn challenges remain
‘Bail-in’ rather than bailout, says European markets group
Association for Financial Markets in Europe proposes regulator-enforced version of contingent capital to replace state-funded bailouts; proposals still troublesome, Goodhart says
CentralBanking.com panel: it’s too soon to exit
Charles Goodhart, Paul Mortimer-Lee, Lucrezia Reichlin and Gabriel Stein concur that dangers are greater from exiting too early than too late but warn that asset prices risk becoming over inflated
CBRC concerned about selling Chinese banks
The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) has admitted it is concerned about the role of foreign financial firms operating in China.
Derivatives both a help and a danger, says BoE deputy governor
Derivatives are both a help and a danger to global financial stability, according to the deputy governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Large.
Deutsche hires FX quant Pillitteri
Deutsche Bank has hired Giovanni Pillitteri as a London-based quant for its foreign exchange structured trading team.