Private markets are becoming more appealing as public companies face greater burdens and an unpredictable regulatory environment. So say Nasdaq officials who want to change this situation by strengthening capital markets and recommending key public policy proposals to make that happen. The policy recommendations are featured in a paper, “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking… Read More >>
Change Management Can Help Uproot Manual Systems
(Cheryl Nash, president of Fiserv Investment Services, gave the closing keynote address last month at the ISITC 24th Annual Securities Operations Summit, and her talk focused on the inevitability of change. Nash has been serving in her current post for more than six years, and her expertise includes the development of “multiple strategy portfolios, known… Read More >>
Buy Side Using Manual Systems for Regulatory Compliance: Survey
Despite nearly a decade of intense regulatory reforms, many financial services firms appear to have a “high level of dependence on manual processes” for regulatory compliance, according to a new survey from market research and advisory firm Aite Group and governance, risk and compliance services provider Cordium. This reliance makes securities firms more vulnerable to… Read More >>
Are FCMs Going to Survive?
(Editor’s note: Are futures commission merchants (FCMs) headed for extinction? It’s a fair question as the number of them, 64 as of this past March, has dropped by more than 50 percent over the past 15 years — a key point made in a special report authored by Hester Peirce, director of the financial markets… Read More >>
