| Talking Business - Since Xavier Rolet took up the position of chief executive of the London Stock Exchange two years ago, he has overseen the exchange’s transformation into a market to be reckoned with but, as he tells Marcus Schüler, head of regulatory affairs at Markit, challenges remain and further change is inevitable |
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| Debt and Taxes - Economic headwinds and ballooning liabilities will rock, but not sink, the US municipal debt market, writes Lois
Scott, President, Scott Balice Strategies |
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| A roaring trade - The market for exchange traded products is heating up as these versatile instruments increasingly take a greater role in investors’ portfolios. But action needs to be taken to make sure the industry does not get out of hand, writes Lawrence Carrel |
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| Different strokes - The US and Europe are taking different paths to regulate the swaps trading market. It won’t matter, if they end up in the same place, writes Kevin McPartland of TABB Group |
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| As solid as a bric - Brazil’s BM&FBovespa is holding its own among the world’s exchanges with growing volumes and an increasing confidence to forge international alliances. Edemir Pinto, the exchange’s chief executive officer, talks to Markit’s Otto Nino about what is driving success and how BM&FBovespa plans to hang on to its position in the premier league |
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| Perfect balance - The transition to a low carbon economy does not have to be a financial burden for companies and can actually open a whole new world of opportunities as industrial symbiosis programmes demonstrate |
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| Safety first - As the emissions market grows, so do the challenges it faces. Just recently, registry security incidents in the Czech Republic and Austria highlighted systematic security failures and the potential to halt an entire market. Gyan Chawdhary, information security specialist at Markit, looks at the issues that regulators and market operators must tackle to maintain security |
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| Standard bearer - US companies now have guidance on how to measure and disclose fair value, writes Christopher Mears, principal, Rothstein Kass |
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| Flotsam or mainstay? - The collateralised loan obligation market is currently a shadow of its former self, but, as Peter Gleysteen of CIFC writes, the argument for making these instruments the mainstay of investing is strengthening |
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| The popular vote - The innovation that allows buy-side firms to rate brokers’ services has brought benefits to both sides and is now likely to be taken up by the fixed income market, writes Sofia Rossato of Wall Street on Demand |
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| Limiting collateral damage - Migrating to a reliable and transparent system for
managing collateral will have a profound effect on how
the swaps market responds to risk and changes in the
pricing environment, writes Craig Welch, co-founder
of AcadiaSoft |
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| Markit data with analysis - The Markit Commentary & Data team puts the events of the past few months into perspective |
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