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Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a good introductory explanation of how CDS and exchange and OTC markets work in this video… (running time 6:45)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
I’m reading a whitepaper on OTC markets from the interdealer broker ICAP… lots to comment upon…
ICAP is the world’s largest and most powerful broker’s broker… headquartered in London they deal in FX, fixed income, derivative, commodity, and money markets. Their operations span all currencies and timezones.
ICAP serves as the central hub for massive global flows [...]
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Several weeks ago I was sitting in the garden courtyard of my favorite place in Washington, the Freer Gallery of Art. The fountain splashed noisily in the hushed cloister. It was calm and peaceful there and the credit crisis seemed far away.
But outside the marble walls the old order was passing away… waves of violent upheaval were crashing into [...]
Got an announcement for a credit risk course cosponsored by Columbia Business School Executive Education and PRMIA…
You can see the syllabus below…
It seems to be missing some critical components of understanding risk for credit markets… which is –one– the interrelatedness of FX, bonds, credit default swaps, equities, futures… and –two– … the use and accuracy [...]
Mark Twain probably ranks as our most biting wit… he wrote in response to a query…
~~~~ “My Dear Sir:
But you are proceeding upon the superstition that Moral Courage and a Hankering to Learn the Truth are ingredients in the human being’s makeup.
Your premises being wild and foolish, you naturally and properly get wild and foolish [...]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
~~~~WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on the role of credit default swaps and other off-exchange financial derivatives in the current financial crisis, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today called for strengthening regulation over these contracts.
Last month, Harkin joined Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) [...]
Saturday, October 11, 2008
“The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.”
+ + John Pierpont Morgan + +
I’m giving a talk in Washington this week entitled… “U.S. Bond Market Basics & Recent Events“… timely…
I’ve been developing some thoughts about [...]
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
>> FIX, the standard for electronic trading of securities, has always had versioning issues… because it’s use is “voluntary” firms have tended to implement the standard, build infrastructure around it and connect to counterparties using a specific version… and then live in that version for a long time…
We encountered this legacy issue when we were promoting [...]