major factors driving change in the financial system and identifies some of their implications. The key regulatory challenges posed by these developments are examined in more detail in later chapters. Material presented in this chapter represents preliminary observations of the Inquiry and will be refined and amended as necessary for the Final Report. 3.2 Four key factors driving change are: globalisation; ¾ technology; ¾ consumer needs and demands; and ¾ financial innovation. ¾ 3.3 While this chapter
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bank | The financial institution that manages the government's finances, controls the availability of money and credit in the economy, and serves as the bank to commercial banks. | | | | European Central Bank (ECB) | The central authority, located in Frankfurt, Germany, which oversees monetary policy in the common currency area. | | | | Federal Reserve System | The central bank responsible for monetary policy in the United States. | | | | Financial institutions
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Title: LIBOR scandal and where do we go from here? A brief about LIBOR: London Interbank Offered Rate or LIBOR is a set of indices that represent the interest rates in the London money market. In simple terms, these are the rates at which various banks in London borrow funds from each other. It may happen that due to excessive withdrawals than deposits, a bank faces shortage of funds on a short term basis. So the bank has to borrow from its rival bank to cover this shortage of cash. On the
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth through Increased Investments in Kenya Jeffrey Ben Matu Duke University, International Development Program 18. April 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/12084/ MPRA Paper No. 12084, posted 12. December 2008 17:42 UTC Attracting Microfinance Investment Funds: Promoting Microfinance Growth Through Increased Investments in Kenya Master’s Project Master of Arts in International
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A project report on STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN INDIAN STOCK MARKET PERIOD (2009-2012) Submitted to _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Nashik In partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the award of the degree Of Master of Business Administration (MBA-Finance) By: __________________________________________________ Under The Guidance of Through The Coordinator Study Centre Code: _________ CERTIFICATE This is to certify
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A project report on STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN INDIAN STOCK MARKET PERIOD (2009-2012) Submitted to _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Nashik In partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the award of the degree Of Master of Business Administration (MBA-Finance) By: __________________________________________________ Under The Guidance of Through The Coordinator Study Centre Code: _________ CERTIFICATE
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Interpretation of Prop Trading and Market Making: Responses to the FSOC Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act bans proprietary trading but includes an exemption for market-making trades with the limitation that these trades do not exceed the reasonable expected near term demand of clients, customers or counterparties. In separate responses to FSOC, there have been references on the likely interpretation of Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act, especially on the terms marketmaking and near term demand
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Contents HFT 2 Market Microstructure Review 4 Types of Equity Markets 4 Dark Pool 5 News 5 HFT High frequency trading – grown to account for 20-30% of the volume on the exchanges. Low – latency hardware strategically placed as close as possible to exchange data centers. HFT – defined by trading where speed matters. Subset of HFT by TMX program – ELP (electronic liquidity provider) Today, typical high frequency systems are interpreting and reacting to market data in microseconds
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Week 2: Introduction to the Financial System 1.1 Functions of a financial market * Markets are the process that facilitates the exchange of things of values. These things of value are often categorised as real assets, such as a house or a car, and financial assets, such as a loan to buy a house or car. These could take place in a non-formal market place, non-market exchanges can be very time consuming. * It brings opposite parties together. If not, those with needs must go everywhere
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| FS3032 – Capital Markets MODULE HANDBOOK 2014/15 - Semester 1 Module Lecturer: Dr Phan Tran Trung Dzung Faculty of Banking and Finance / FTU fandzung@ftu.edu.vn This module is supported by Weblearn – students are advised to access the site on a regular basis, at least once a week FS3032 Capital Markets |Teaching Location |A1101
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