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How to address the financial market liquidity challenge

October 26, 2015

Understanding the behaviour of different participants during a shock is an essential first step to improving the resilience of financial markets to sudden periods of illiquidity.

Bringing risks out of the shadows

Coming out of the shadows: regulating shadow banking

April 30, 2015

Increasingly confident that they have made the banking sector resilient to any future financial crisis similar to that of 2008, regulators are now turning their attention to shadow banking. But a very different approach may be necessary.

Amar Kuchinad

Electronifie looks to make all the right corporate bond connections

February 2, 2015

Electronifie's trading platform aims to address the problems of liquidity and a lack of transparency that the corporate bond market has grappled with. Jane Cooper talks to its chief executive.

MiFID Christmas present threatens bond market hangover

January 26, 2015

A sweeping overhaul to EU rules on bond market transparency could aggravate a liquidity shortage in secondary trading.

Sibos 2014

View from Sibos 2014

October 2, 2014

The Banker's editorial team report from Sibos 2014, where they talked to a range of experts about topics as diverse as regulation, competition and the evolution of new technologies.

Okan Pekin

New division builds on Citi's competitive streak

October 1, 2014

Citi launched a new division at the end of last year to combine prime finance, futures and clearing, custody, and fund services. Its global head, Okan Pekin, discusses why the change will put Citi ahead of its rivals and how it will enable the bank to win more business from hedge funds.

No trading please, we’re brokers

No trading please, we’re brokers

April 1, 2014

Brokers are outsourcing their dealing desks to other sell-side firms. Dan Barnes investigates what is left of a broker that does not trade.

The changing landscape of exchanges

The changing landscape of exchanges

March 3, 2014

Once regarded as national treasures, over the past few years many exchanges have been evolving into cross-border operations, focused on capturing larger market shares. Following this wave of consolidation and collaboration, however, it still remains to be seen whether bigger really means better.

New broom seeks to boost Bucharest bourse

New broom seeks to boost Bucharest bourse

December 2, 2013

The ousted chief of Warsaw Stock Exchange, Ludwik Sobolewski, has come in from the cold in his new role as head of the rival Bucharest bourse and is already making his presence felt. 

European Council leaves buy-side in the dark

July 1, 2013

A compromise proposal brokered by the Irish government would limit the proportion of EU equities traded in unlit venues. But critics say it is unnecessary and unworkable.

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