Blogs

The fixed income markets have witnessed unprecedented turmoil in the past few years, which is driving a fundamental change to the market’s structure, its architecture and plumbing, writes Sassan Danesh, FPL co-chair of the global fixed income committee, and managing partner of Etrading Software. While it is true to say that the... read more

The parlous state of the UK’s relationship with the EU, following the decision to go for an ‘in/out’ referendum and its implications for the future of London as financial centre were debated at the SWIFT Business Forum in London on 30 April, with the ex-deputy head of the Bank of England (BoE), John Gieve,... read more

The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK gave a speech earlier this year that included criticism of the UK's payment systems and put forward some specific ideas for making 21st-century Britain a better place to do business. Conversely however, writes Dave Birch of Consult Hyperion, he also cited "saving the... read more

The threat to financial services and other firms from hackers, malware, hacktivists, insiders and the global nature of IT security threats was outlined by two UK government ministers at the first day of the Infosecurity Europe              2013 trade show, running this week... read more

Infosecurity Europe, running 23-25 April at the London Earls Court Exhibition Centre, is expected to attract more than 10,000 infosec delegates, 350 exhibitors, and numerous bank chief information security officers (CISOs) such as Michael Paisley at Santander, and risk and security equivalents at Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch,... read more

In among all the thousands of runners registering for this weekend’s London Marathon, the second full day of the TradeTech Europe 2013 show got underway on Thursday 18 April at London’s Excel Arena, writes Neil Ainger, with the arguments about high frequency trading (HFT) still dominating. There was also much discussion about... read more

The first full day of TradeTech Europe 2013 got underway on Wednesday 17 April at London’s Excel Arena but many attendees were delayed in getting there due to ex-Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher’s funeral that day, which caused traffic and travel chaos due to road closures for the grandiose occasion. It didn’t stop... read more

The early morning breakfast briefing panel on the second full day of the International Payments Summit (IPS) 2013 show at the Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel on Wednesday 10 April contained a banker who was brave enough to admit that, “yes, prices will rise” for corporate treasurers and other clients under the new Basel... read more

A special focus on complying with the single euro payments area (SEPA) was held on day two of the International Payments Summit (IPS) in London this week, reports Graham Buck. A comprehensive review of how the SEPA migration process is proceeding, ahead of the 1 February 2014 end date was provided by the European Central Bank (ECB),... read more