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Financial Reform 2010: "Mild" Change May Be Result of Weakened Final Package

Despite the impending retirement of Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-CT., the Senate is likely to pass a financial regulatory reform package that is weaker than the version approved by the House on December 11.

Block Trades Getting Placed on Alternative Blotters

Liquidnet has long touted its access to roughly 2.6 billion shares of buy or sell orders that it monitors on its members' trade blotters for potential matches-an approach it pioneered-as proof of just how liquid its electronic trading network is.

In Icap's World,Offense is the Best Defense

ICAP is investing millions to diversify its business beyond being the world's largest inter-dealer broker of U.S. Treasury bonds, foreign exchange and interest rate swaps.