The industry could see some headaches elsewhere though, particularly in capital markets and trading businesses that likely suffered in what was a challenging fourth quarter in financial markets.
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The strategy is designed to have little trading when markets are good and more trading when markets are volatile.
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The San Francisco-based bank, a consumer and business banking giant, is considered unique from its biggest bank rivals on the East Coast like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America, because it has less of a presence in capital markets activities and trading.
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Stocks trade on dozens of exchanges, automatic trading systems, dark pools and crossing networks these days, and trading in futures and options markets affects trading in the cash markets.
Growth in the derivatives markets and proprietary trading at investment banks has put a premium on technically skilled people like Beguir, especially over M.
U.S. and world markets are quieter and trading volumes lower this week as the holidays and end of the year are right around the corner.
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In addition to telecoms, software and cyber security investing, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Swarth engages in mezzanine lending, capital markets and algorithmic trading.
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While the U.S. and European stock markets have stabilized and are trading mostly steady to slightly higher Thursday, investor risk appetite is still far from robust.
We also originated an OTC trading desk for the firm and made markets as well as did institutional trading and directed brokerage.
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An unexpected disappointment in housing data helped take down stock markets in early trading and proved that despite a nascent recovery, residential real estate markets are years away from health.
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Rates and Currencies revenues also declined, as growth in Local Markets, which includes rates and foreign exchange trading primarily in emerging markets, was more than offset by lower G10 Rates trading revenues.
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Rates and currencies revenues also declined, as growth in local markets, which primarily includes rates and foreign exchange trading in emerging markets, was more than offset by lower G10 trading revenues.
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As we witnessed over the earnings season, the retail operations for these banks are incredibly important due to their stability, and the capital markets related businesses such as trading and investment banking have been extremely volatile given the macro headwinds.
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And Robert Cook, the head of trading and markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has over 100 different tasks assigned it by the bill, many of them in coordination with the CFTC.
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In the meantime, my administration will take new executive actions to better analyze and investigate trading activities in energy markets and more quickly implement the tough consumer protections under Wall Street reform.
"The OCC has historically been thought to be sympathetic to banking interests, " said Michael Greenberger, a law professor at the University of Maryland and former director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's division of trading and markets.
"The concern is if enough volume and order flow gets diverted into dark markets, at some point we would ask whether you would have reached a tipping point at which the public price discovery from displayed markets is being hurt, " said Jamie Brigagliano, co-director of the SEC's trading and markets division.
They also describe two other big factors in markets: trading volume and the size of mutual funds.
Others have diversified out of boring retail banking into the more glamorous wholesale markets (securities trading and the like).
Fairtrade's price-adjustment mechanism is intended to insulate small producers from volatile commodity markets and the free-trading, no-holds-barred capitalism that multinational companies espouse.
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With Italian debt and equity markets trading heavy overall, the rating agencies are being watched carefully as an imminent downgrade rumor swirls on the Twittersphere.
Final consumption expenditures of households include outlays for purchasing consumer goods and services from all trading enterprises and city markets, non-organised trade (street vendors), from public service, passenger transport, communications establishments, hotels, commercial Institutions of culture, health care and education.
We believe it will be an important block trading venue for Asian markets, attracting new participants and improving the trading environment in the region.
This means: enhancing transparency on gas prices and flows (collecting data and making it widely available), improving the interconnection between markets, creating liquid trading hubs and providing clear and stable regulation for infrastructure investment, among other measures.
It was curious that heavy sell orders hit the gold market Tuesday when New York and London markets were closed and at a time when Asian trading was light.
Look for the precious metals and most other markets to quiet down and see low-volume trading until after the holidays.
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But ultimately this step up in enforcement might not be enough to restore investor confidence and impact the markets that have been rocked by a recession and trading scandals, our industry observers say.
Barring any major flare-up in the European Union debt crisis or some other geopolitical surprise development, look for the precious metals and most other markets to quiet down and see low-volume trading until after the holidays.
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The precious metals and most other markets are trading quietly ahead of the holidays.
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