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Federal Court Fines First Capitol Futures $20.3 Million

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said a federal order has levied $20.3 million in fines against David Michael Kogan and First Capitol Futures Group of Sherman Oaks, CA.

NYSE Euronext: Derivatives, Options Up, U.S. Equities Down

Trading in European derivatives increased 44.2 percent and trading in U.S. options increased 56.45 percent in February, compared to a year ago, NYSE Euronext said Wednesday. But trading in U.S. cash equities fell 35.7%, from a year ago.

SIPC Warms Investors of Web Scam Targeting Madoff Victims

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation said on Tuesday that it is alerting regulators about a look-alike website which is targeting victims of the Madoff scandal.

Barclays Invests in BIDS Trading

Barclays Capital has become the latest investor in the BIDS Trading alternative trading system (ATS).

Accenture Unveils Mobile Financial Transaction Software

Accenture has released a high-volume mobile financial transaction software solution for telecommunications service providers and large banks.

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Guest Comment

Concentrate on Consistency. Win Customers

Managing and transforming large-scale record-keeping and transaction-processing platforms is just as hard and in many ways more difficult than leading an investment management team.

Comment

The Demands of Electronic Delivery

The right way to spur electronic delivery of annual reports and other documents to shareholders is ... to create better, slimmer print documents, prove their value to readers and then let them opt to get the "excruciating detail" online.

Original Sources

Risk Analysis: Technology Outstrips Firms' Abilities to Use It

Technology has advanced risk analytics far beyond financial services firms' abilities to use it.

Viewpoints

Q&A: Microsoft Pivots to Deliver More Data, Faster

Joe Pagano insists that he is looking forward to work in the months ahead as "Microsoft has never released more value in its platforms for financial service firms than it has with the current wave."

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Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Calling for Action

The call was great: A "consolidated data pool should be surveilled by a unified single regulator,’’ the head of FINRA said in late October. “A single regulator that can bring the best technology, the best people, and a unified set of rules needs to be empowered." How's the empowering going?

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The Expert View

The Will and Way to Surveill

Whether government regulators or market centers or other self-regulatory organizations should conduct trading surveillance of our markets may not be the ultimate question.

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