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  • Secret Settlements, Wells Fargo, Confirmations: Compliance
  • By Carla Main,  |  @04-02-12
  • Britain's Serious Fraud Office, which prosecutes corporate bribery, uses too many secret settlements in foreign corruption cases, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said. The SFO is using more so-called civil-recovery orders that require less oversight from courts and aren't as transparent as criminal plea agreements, the Paris-based ...

  • Changing of the Guard for Hedge Funds
  • From Internet  |  @04-02-12
  • by Susan Kalla, The dynamics of the hedge fund industry are changing and so are the managers. The days of expert networks, massive fund inflows and controlled trading are history. Hedge funds are seeing outflows compared with other investments, like high frequency trading funds and ETFs with lower fees. For ...

  • High-frequency trading doesn't deserve brickbats
  • By Sandeep Tyagi,  |  @04-02-12
  • High-frequency trading (or HFT) has increasingly been in the news lately - portrayed either as an evil activity or at best as an activity which does not serve any socially useful purpose. As with any new technology, we should fully understand HFT before forming an opinion. We may ...

  • Day Tripper
  • From Internet  |  @04-01-12
  • Opening Statement of Commissioner Bart Chilton to the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee, Washington, DC Thanks to Commissioner O'Malia for his leadership of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). He and his staff have done a marvelous job and they are to be commended. There are over 160 million financial transactions taking place around ...

  • Europe's Advocates Of HFT Make A Stand
  • From Internet  |  @03-31-12
  • The debate over high-frequency trading continues to rumble on, but one European broker-dealer believes that opinions are changing and the region’s politicians will now face a tougher task in introducing any such measures to curtail the practice. "The tide is turning somewhat on HFT," Andrew Morgan, head of Autobahn Equity Europe, ...

  • Higher yields, taxes for farmers
  • By Benjamin Lanka,  |  @03-30-12
  • Revenues not rising as fast as costs FORT WAYNE – Rising yields and crop prices mean more revenue for farmers, but they also mean higher taxes. Farmers across Allen County will generally see a 16 percent jump in their property taxes this year thanks to changes in their property's taxable ...

  • Mic Check of Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO
  • From Internet  |  @03-28-12
  • Mic Check! At Energy Trading Conference 1,000 Miles Away, CME's Craig Donohue Receives a Message from Chicago "Shareholders" For Immediate Release Friday, March 23, 2012 HOUSTON Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO Craig Donohue traveled to an energy trading industry conference in Houston today, expecting a warm welcome from his fellow 1% executives. What he got ...

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