And from Mumbai on to Tokyo. In so many ways, a bigger contrast between cities is difficult to imagine. Japan has, of course, had a tough time of it recently. Not only has the recent earthquake and tsunami knocked Japan back, but also Japan has had a long period of relative economic stagnation,...

I’ve just completed a three city Asian tour, in Mumbai, Tokyo and Beijing. The purpose was to promote Progress’s business in capital markets, in particular both Apama and our Responsive Process Management suite. I’m going to give my impressions on those markets – first up is Mumbai and the Indian...

It has been said that regulators are struggling to keep up with high frequency and algorithmic trading because they have outdated methodology and technology. This battle has been likened to trying to chase a Ferrari on a bicycle. But what happens when the regulators are constantly changing the...

The ticket to preventing and deterring rogue trading could well be technology.  Although most financial services firms have some form of surveillance and monitoring technology in place, it isn't good enough to keep them from getting kicked off the regulation train. Financial services firms risk...

Changes in financial regulation will inevitably increase the importance of market surveillance for exchanges as well as the regulators. Having asked our experts their opinions on how the changes in approach will affect the market in general, we are now looking at the impact on exchanges themselves,...

As financial institutions bemoan the uncertainty still hovering over Dodd-Frank implementation and possible delays, there are steps that they can take to prepare for them even before the ink dries. Otherwise compliance can cause major disruptions to their business operations. Brokers, in...

Becoming and remaining compliant is a key consideration for brokers and exchanges, especially in a time of regulatory change. It frequently makes the top of the list in surveys on their primary concerns, which is unsurprising given the current confusion surrounding financial regulation. In this...

The regulatory trains in Europe and the US have left their respective stations and are headed down the tracks, but they will change tracks many times along the route before reaching their destination. Thick tomes of proposed operating rules have to be interpreted even as interested financial services...

In this short video we ask our experts how regulatory change will affect market participants, and the markets themselves. Without a crystal ball to predict the future, firms still need to be compliant, while trying to pre-empt the direction of regulatory reforms that are not yet finalized. This will...