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Compliance & Risk Management
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Latest Headlines
Company releases free front-end Form PF software
Form PF cannot be ignored in the alternatives industry.
Feds crack down on Bitcoin exchange
Is this a matter of national safety or a good old fashioned currency war? You decide.
How Wall Street celebrated the Flash Crash anniversary
Happy anniversary, Flash Crash. My how small and inconsequential you've grown!
Authentication could be new revenue source for banks
These days, security looms as a massive challenge, sparking great fear among companies as well as significant innovation by vendors. Despite huge spending on this problem by banks, one thing has...
Smart systems fell for and recovered from AP's Twitter highjacking
Yesterday the electronic markets did exactly what they were supposed to do. After hackers hijacked the Twitter feed of the Associated Press -- some sources have linked these cyber-hackers to Syria...
Using augmented reality as a compliance tool
The possibility of rogue trading continues to haunt banks around the world. While compliance teams have become more sophisticated, few banks are willing to say that they have solved the problem. There will always be smart, back-office savvy people who will find ways to circumvent the systems to some extent, even in the United States.
Thomson Reuters' data release snafu reflects big issues
The potential of organizations to selectively release market-moving information early, wittingly or not, has become a huge issue.
Vendor patent wars continue
StrikeForce Technologies has accused authentication provider PhoneFactor, Fiserv and First Midwest Bancorp with infringing on the patents that underlie StrikeForce's system for governing access...
A long road to CAT implementation
When it comes to the creation of the consolidated audit trail (CAT), one of the most ambitious technology projects undertaken by regulators in recent years, the pressure on the SEC is immense. It...
Hedge funds: Where rules are made to be broken
CIOs and their tech teams often think that they are responsible solely for keeping the lights on and the systems humming. But what about what happens on the trading floor? Does an IT staffer have a role in the ethical behavior of their fellow traders or should they just concentrate on making sure it's all systems go?
