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SEC's "Naked" Proposal May Hurt Small Dealers

The Securities andExchange Commission posted proposed rules Wednesday that would require all broker-dealers to apply pre-trade risk checks on any orders-for customers or their own accounts-executed over market centers to which they provide access.

Direct Edge Picks Up Where ISE Left Off

How can an exchange transform its technology infrastructure in order to handle unprecedented growth in the amount of market data and reduce latency, at the same time?

Derivatives Regulation Could Be Bonanza for Clearing Houses

When the House passed The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on December 11, Congress acted for the first time to regulate over-the-counter derivatives, a significant part of the financial markets that played an important role in the financial meltdown-and that still poses a potential risk to the broad economy.

Perspectives

The Function of Fast
What Is the End Game for the “End User” Exemption?
Divining the Rules of Derivatives

Departments

Trading
Competition, Less Volatility Drives Consolidation in High-Frequency
Getting the Message: Middleware Matters
Clearing Settlement
Netting the LSE's Tiff With Euroclear: Where's the Beef?
Technology & IT Architecture
Oracle Closes in on Sun, Wall Street Worries
Compliance & Regulation
Curbing Tax Evasion: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Smaller Hedge Funds Seek "Industrial-Strength Technology"