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Repos Come Under Fire Repos, or repurchase agreements, are a key source of short-term financing for Wall Street banks and other financial institutions, and they are under scrutiny once again for being fraught with risk.   |
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October 16, 2008
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The Risky Business of Securities Lending Is your mutual fund betting with your money? |
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January 5, 2007 |
Securities Lending Continues Growth Initially a back-office function handled by large banks and broker-dealers, securities lending now is a major front-office function that occupies a prominent position in many broker and custodian offices. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
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The Quiet Market Explosion While most of the industry has been focusing on exotic investment products and emerging markets, the securities lending market has boomed into a $16 trillion business. But with rapid growth comes substantial risk. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Help Wanted Securities Industry employment topped the 800,000 mark in November for the first time since February 2002. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2004 |
Cutting the Pace of Cost-Cutting New numbers from the Securities Industry Association suggest that cost-reduction efforts are easing. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 1, 2005
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Fast Facts According to the Securities Industry Association's 2004 Investor Survey, nine out of 10 investors are "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with the service provided by their investment professional. |
OCC Bulletin
April 9, 2002 |
Risk-Based Capital A final rule permits banks to reduce the risk weight on certain claims against qualifying securities firms from 100 percent to 20 percent... |
Entrepreneur
November 2007
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Getting a Margin Loan Securing a margin loan can mean quick cash for startup, but it doesn't come without risk. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 17, 2008
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Wall Street Taking A Closer Look at Collateral Management In the wake of the credit crisis, JPMorgan, BNY Mellon, many of the top broker-dealers and a few buy-side firms are all involved in collateral management technology upgrades. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 21, 2004 |
The Trust Factor We're at a point where we trust the technology and we trust the operations, but we don't trust the human beings and the corporations in the securities industry. |
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Nov/Dec 2009
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Capital Markets Conundrum Are there viable solutions to today's financing puzzle? |
Registered Rep.
July 30, 2003
Will Leitch |
Securities Industry Registers Slight Employment Uptick Securities firms have begun adding employees again, according to statistics from the Securities Industry Association and the Labor Dept. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2007
Peter Coy |
It's Out Of Bernanke's Reach There's little the Fed can do about the information gap behind investors' panic. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Revealed: How JPMorgan Prints Money With the Fed's help, JPMorgan achieves a rare feat. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
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Lehman Brothers and the Age of Stupidity Next Tuesday, Sept. 15, marks one year since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. One year later, we ask: What's changed? |
OCC Bulletin
February 23, 2006 |
Risk-Based Capital -- Securities Borrowing Transactions: Final Rule This bulletin transmits a final rule on the risk-based capital treatment of securities borrowing transactions in which the borrower of the security posts cash collateral. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Trillion-Dollar Treatment Europe is trying to fix its own raging fiscal disorder. So far it hasn't even nailed the diagnosis. |
OCC Bulletin
December 8, 2000 |
Risk-Based Capital -- Securities Borrowing Transactions This bulletin transmits an interim rule and a request for comment on the risk-based capital treatment of securities borrowing transactions in which the borrower of the security posts cash collateral... |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2008
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Quick Take: Stop the Presses, Ben! The Federal Reserve surprised equity markets by launching a new weapon against the mortgage meltdown and the resulting credit crisis, but the dollar suffers. |
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March 31, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
More Banking Panics Are on the Way Short-term lending agreements between banks prime the system for bank runs. |
Registered Rep.
December 10, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Securities Revenues Fall in Third Quarter Securities firms showed profits of $3.0 billion in the third quarter of 2003, a 45 percent decline from the second quarter, according to the Securities Industry Association. A significant drop in trading revenue was responsible for the profit hit. |
Registered Rep.
August 7, 2007
Kristen French |
Senior Fraud Crackdown Continues The second annual "Seniors Summit" is meant to examine ways in which regulators and other groups can help prevent the overwhelming amount of senior fraud being committed in the securities industry. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 20, 2008
Cory Levine |
Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification. |
Bank Technology News
November 2001
David Rountree |
Securities Industry Grapples with STP Challenges To completely automate the trade process, U.S. firms will have to spend billions to overcome a bevy of complex obstacles... |
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Steve Matthews |
It's Getting Easier to Get a Loan Banks, though still stingy, are starting to lend, even to small businesses. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 4, 2004 |
The Analysts' View What's next? Algorithmic trading or old, faithful STP? Industry analysts make their predictions. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2008
Nate Weisshaar |
Lehman, Liquidity, and You How Wall Street's failures threaten the rest of us. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Cold Call: Jeff Gerson What is the view from your office window today?... How did you get your first job in the securities industry?... etc. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 16, 2008
Melanie Rodier |
Industry Moves and Appointments Citi hires Marty Lippert as its new chief information officer... Rosenblatt Securities hires Xiang Li as VP, analytics & consulting... Sophis names David Krell to its board... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2010
William E. Jones |
Climbing the Capital Hill Owners and investors face steep obstacles on the path to financing. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Redoubling STP Efforts in Lending Practices Banks finally have been able to start automating and streamlining their loan processes to the point where, one day perhaps, there will be virtually no paper or human intervention. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 21, 2004
Paul Allen |
What's Old Is New Again Straight-through processing is again in vogue, but this time it's being driven by internal cost pressures. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 13, 2006
Ivy Schmerken |
Repo Invasion Competition is heating up in the wholesale electronic market for trading repurchase agreements, or repos -- short-term contracts that dealers use to finance their positions in the Treasury market. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 1, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Lenders Focus on Customer Relationships Lenders are challenged to find ways to grow revenue in a more risk-averse climate. As always, technology is playing a key role in their efforts to adapt to the new market conditions. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2009
James Cooper |
Business Outlook: Signs of Progress on the Road to Recovery Improved financial conditions are laying the groundwork for a turnaround as investors' appetite for risk increases. Still, a second-half stumble could halt the momentum. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ashok Vir Bhatia |
After the Supernova Crisis management lessons from the IMF's assessment of the U.S. financial system. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 24, 2008
Stephen G. Sargent |
Automation Allows Banks to Better Navigate Compliance and Risk Management Technology can provide automated reporting functions to help bank managers access data and ensure they remain compliant. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Henry et al. |
Credit Creaks into Gear With a big boost from the feds, investors again like securities backed by assets like car loans -- but it'll take years for lending to flow freely. |
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December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You: Part 2 By giving the investing public access to information, and serving as a regulator with the power to take action to correct problems, the SEC works hard to protect investors. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev |
The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing... |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2009
Ivan Martchev |
Catch-22: Why Banks Can't Lend Lots of banks aren't willing or able to help kick-start the economy that would bring them back to health. |
BusinessWeek
November 19, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Lifeline of Credit for the Recovery Lending remains tight, but overall bank standards are relaxing, and that will make it possible for businesses to expand as demand picks up |
AFP eWire
May 7, 2007 |
Donation of Securities in Canada Expected to Surge, Great Potential for Future A new study in Canada predicts that gifts of securities to charities not only increased dramatically in 2006, but also the potential for such gifts remains largely untapped. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 17, 2008
Penny Crosman |
Credit Suisse, Goldman and Major Broker-Dealers Are Building a Margin Messaging System Fifteen of the 16 major broker/dealers have been quietly working to build an automated framework for collateral. The group plans to roll out a messaging system for margin calls early next year. |
