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  1. Just been to the UK finserv regulator, the FSA. Walked past the "naughty rooms" where people get called in and interviewed.
  2. Larry Tabb interviewed on the relationship between market makers and high frequency traders http://tinyurl.com/yfxea57
  3. A personal view of event processing in FT Digital Business http://tinyurl.com/ygsp2tf
  4. Enterprise mobile solutions provider Match2Blue using Apama CEP for next-gen location and interest based apps http://tinyurl.com/ylkoqqu
  5. On my way to see an Italian telco customer to see how they're using CEP now and what their plans are for the future.
  6. Patrick Moore. The Sky at Night. What glorious institutions.
  7. Mortgage credit in Brazil is 2% of GDP, compared to about 50% in advanced economies. So, better placed to weather the credit crunch.
  8. Point on British gov minister's view on HFT: listed shares are 2nd hand so HFT doesn't diminish relationship betw'n company and investor.
  9. CEO BM&FBovespa having a pop at the 2% foreign investment tax in Brazil.
  10. CEO of the Brazilian exchange (paraphrasing): "constructing capital markets in Brazil was difficult but now have excellent institutions."
  11. At a Mansion House event in the City promoting the BM&FBovespa Brazilian exchange. They're establishing a permanent presence in London.
  12. See my blog - "In defence of high frequency trading", http://tinyurl.com/ykgdluf
  13. FT article on high frequency trading, in response to British government minister comment yesterday http://tinyurl.com/yk7lb7h
  14. Just spoken to the FT on the Myners story. There's no putting the HFT genie back. It's just the continuation of a 10 year (or more) trend.
  15. What Myners doesn't realise is that HFT provides liquidity and price transparency to investors. And who's to say what freq IS appropriate?
  16. Lord Myners, British Treasury minister speaks out against high frequency trading http://tinyurl.com/ye7ketv
  17. RT: @FTtechnews Did IT Work? BPM is finally aligning business and IT: Stephen Pritchard reports on technology tools.. http://bit.ly/2gMYih
  18. More on dark pools and their increasing use, in the FT: http://tinyurl.com/y9dkfjn
  19. RT: @ateamgroup Article: Dark Pools Under the SEC’s Microscope, But Volumes Predicted to Increase http://bit.ly/33QDgE
  20. Interesting factoid: apparently, Mexicans consume nearly 1 billion tortillas every day.