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ICYMI – April 10
A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… JPMorgan software identifies potentially rogue workers: Bloomberg reports on a Reagan-esque initiative at...
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CME Group touts strengths in agriculture, finance, energy industries
CME Group’s latest marketing effort focuses on the global energy, financial and agricultural markets, highlighting how the exchange group empowers customers in these industries...
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When it comes to the Flash Crash trader, intent matters
The circumstances surrounding the arrest of Navinder Sarao for his actions related to the Flash Crash have been covered widely, but there is one...
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Former Treasury Secretaries sound off about political dysfunction
Former Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner are all in agreement about what is ailing the U.S. and it certainly isn’t...
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Milken Moments – Day 2
A few highlights and memorable quotes from Day Two of the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference: Pollster and message guru Frank Luntz on the...
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The Love/Hate Relationship Between Technology and Regulatory Reform
The arrest last week of Navinder Sarao for his alleged involvement in the Flash Crash rekindled questions about regulators’ ability to keep up with...
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Milken Moments – Day 3
A few highlights and memorable quotes from Day Three of the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker says offering corporations a...
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Financial sector working to improve speed of cyberthreat info-sharing, experts say
The financial-services sector needs to strengthen its information-sharing network to learn more quickly of threat data and thereby stay ahead of hackers, said panelists...
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ICYMI – August 19
A collection of stories from SmartBrief publications and around the web… Did the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing do any good?: Stephen D. Williamson says...
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Schwarzenegger, Mycoskie and White say finance a factor in solving water crisis
Access to capital – in both large and small amounts – plays a huge role in the global water crisis. If you don’t believe...
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Industry leaders talk Paris attacks, economic remedies to migration issue
Financial industry leaders and policy experts addressed the thorny issue of migration in Europe after the Paris attacks during the Weathering the Global Storms: Perils...
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Former Walmart CEO discusses supply chain dynamics
Few retailers in the world have as big and complex of a supply chain as Walmart. But the interaction between suppliers and retailers has...
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The coolest venture capital holiday parody video has nothing to do with Star Wars
Virtually every meme and parody video making its way around the internet this week seems to have something to do with Star Wars –...
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Davos Today – January 19
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016 kicked off with an evening program Tuesday in Davos. Here are some of the highlights: UBS sees...
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Davos panel tries to discuss next financial crisis, but gets stuck talking about the last one
Though the title of the panel was “Preventing Future Shocks,” the participants in the Wednesday session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in...
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Davos minds ponder financial crises past and future
Nearly a decade after the onset of the financial crisis and following billions of dollars of costly regulatory reforms, some fundamental questions are being...
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ICAP test proves potential of blockchain in FX bilateral block trades
ICAP has announced the successful completion of a proof-of-technology test of a distributed ledger using blockchain. The technology could potentially be a game-changer for...
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Breakfast in Boca – March 16
Attendees at the 41st Annual International Futures Industry Conference awoke to the news this morning that London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Boerse had...
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SGX well-positioned to persevere amid market or geopolitical volatility
Be it the volatility Chinese markets have experienced in recent months or the prospect of increased geopolitical uncertainty, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has come...
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CME Group integrates processing from truePTS, lowering cost of regulatory submissions
CME Group will integrate truePTS processing capabilities into CME Group’s network of regulated trade repositories under an agreement announced Wednesday at the 41st Annual...
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Nasdaq Futures hits 700,000 contracts in less than a year
Nasdaq Futures has garnered support across all energy sectors since launching last July. In all, 7 million-plus contracts have been traded on the market,...
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Breakfast in Boca – March 17
Happy St. Paddy’s Day from sunny and warm FIA Boca! Exchange M&A continued to be the hot topic yesterday. While none of the executives...
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Q&A: Nasdaq’s Friedman talks blockchain, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
Nasdaq President and COO Adena Friedman discusses how technological advances are changing the way Wall Street does business.
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Broadridge rolls out GPTM solution for post-trade processing, compliance reporting
Broadridge unveils new tool for post-trade processing and compliance reporting.
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Welcome to SmartBlog on Finance
We at SmartBrief are on a mission to save busy professionals time and keep them ahead of the curve. Hence the scores of news...
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Start with “No” when negotiating
This guest post is written by Jim Camp, CEO of Camp Negotiation Systems, who has trained and coached over 100,000 people through thousands of...
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Prioritizing your enterprise technology
Chris Haug, a CFO-for-hire and managing director of L.C. Haug & Associates, discussed enterprise technology with SmartBrief’s Tom Anderson. What is your top enterprise-technology...
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How to use enterprise technology to boost your organization
Laurie Van Pelt, director of management and budget of Oakland County, Mich., was named government CFO of the Year in 2010 by Crain’s Detroit...
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Don Walker on what’s next in financial regulation
Don Walker is a senior managing director at FTI Consulting and a former senior assistant chief accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance at...
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How to manage your company’s liquidity
Businesses are becoming more optimistic about the future, and financing terms are slowly improving. But companies still need to keep enough cash on hand...
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Nomura offers early analysis of financial impact of disaster in Japan
A team of economists from Nomura Securities weighed in Sunday with an early analysis of the financial effects of the natural disaster that continues...
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CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers talks Dodd-Frank and more
One of the hottest topics at the 36th Annual International Futures Industry Conference this week in Boca Raton, Fla., is the Dodd-Frank Act. More...
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CFTC’s O’Malia talks Dodd-Frank, flash crash and commodities speculation
As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has worked to write and implement the myriad of rules called for by the Dodd-Frank Act, Commissioner Scott...
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Q-and-A: CME Group CEO Craig Donohue
CME Group CEO Craig Donohue was in Boca Raton, Fla., this week for the 36th Annual International Futures Industry Conference. SmartBrief Finance Editor Sean...
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CFTC Commissioner Michael Dunn on interacting with the industry while writing Dodd-Frank
During the 36th Annual International Futures Industry Conference this week, Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Michael Dunn was asked a handful of questions about the...
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CFTC’s Chilton sets his sights on high-frequency traders
CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton is never shy about offering his insight on financial markets and regulation. The commissioner was very forth-coming with his opinions...
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Measuring executive frustration — and going after the big-picture cure
This post is by Paul Leinwand, a partner at the consulting firm Booz & Co. and Cesare Mainardi, the managing director of Booz &...
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What the G-7’s yen intervention means for Japan
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations agreed to intervene in the currency market Friday to curb the yen’s rapid rise since the...
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SmartPulse: Great expectations for Form 1099 repeal
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief for CFOs — tracks feedback from leading CFOs and senior finance executives. We run the...
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IRS puts more scrutiny on online sellers — a Q-and-A with PayPal’s Eddie Davis
Starting with the 2011 tax year, the Internal Revenue Service will be paying extra attention to online sellers to make sure Uncle Sam is...
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SmartPulse: March Madness and the office
This post was written by Cindy Kraft, the CFO Coach, who is a career and personal-brand strategist for CFOs and corporate finance executives. SmartPulse...
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Maintaining trust throughout mergers and acquisitions
Dennis and Michelle Reina are the co-founders of the Reina Trust Building Institute, a consulting and research firm that helps companies deal with trust...