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Asia embraces intelligent automation
Asia’s adoption of new tools and processes has gained significant momentum, with increased automation now a primary focus for many financial firms. Paul Worthy, head of Japan at Tradeweb, explores how this change has come about, and how firms can use the…
Institutional ETF trading: Liquidity improving, trade sizes growing
Sponsored survey report: Jane Street
New frontiers
Innovative investment opportunities are helping to mitigate risk and satisfy Solvency II capital requirements as insurers face continued economic uncertainty. Frederic Morlaye, managing director, insurance and capital management solutions, Global Markets…
Actionable data breach insights from op risk modelling
Thomas Lee, chief executive at VivoSecurity, and Martin Liljeblad, operational risk manager at MUFG Americas, examine how a data breach cost model can replace an advanced measurement approach in a structured scenario
Regulatory and economic pressures argue for banks to embrace new approaches to technology
Video Q&A: Neil Dodgson, IBM Watson Financial Services
Facing down complexity – Creating a global framework for compliance
TMF Group discusses how in‑house general counsels can help Asia-Pacific‑based organisations navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape by creating a global subsidiary compliance strategy that also addresses regional needs
Breaking the collateral silos – Navigating regulation with a strategic alternative
Emmanuel Denis, head of tri‑party services at BNP Paribas Securities Services, discusses why financial institutions must rethink old practices of collateral management and instead adopt a tri-party approach, with which equities can be managed as…
Game of Sefs: Tradeweb topples Bloomberg
Buy side’s desire for lighter-touch trading of interest rate swaps propels Tradeweb to top spot by volume
Coal contracts boom is a sign of desperation
Producers' turn to derivatives may be a last throw of the dice
Technology: banks start thinking inside the box
Monolithic capital markets systems are giving way to microservices, containers and APIs
Low volatility boosts interest in coal derivatives
Trading houses and hedge funds said to be taking bigger positions
Energy Risk Asia Exchange of the Year: CME Group
CME Group's international coal and Brent futures generate growth
Profile software readies market data mobile app
Athens-based technology provider Profile Software has launched a new mobile app, dubbed Plexus, which allows users to monitor real-time data and news on their iPhone and iPad devices.
Coal derivatives market fosters burning ambition
Increased attention from both traders and hedgers is providing a boost to the coal derivatives market, say participants, fuelling the success of the API 8 index linked to Chinese coal imports and stimulating further product development efforts elsewhere…
Position limits rejection lifts compliance burden
Rejection of Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule brings short-term relief and longer-term uncertainty, say consultants