SIFMA chief expects a systemic US regulator by early 2010

 The US needs a single financial stability regulator, said Tom Ryan, chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).  In a recent presentation at a Reuters conference, Ryan said that regulatory agency will need better information.
“Regulators are basically rear view people.” They have been operating with data that is three months old. [...]

Chris Skinner’s Guide to MiFID

I have written about MiFID often enough that I can almost figure out the acronym without going to Google. Ok, not quite – look it up yourself.
So I expected my friend Chris Skinner’s book on The Future of Investing in Europe’s Markets after MiFID to be moderately interesting but hardly surprising.
Wrong. Well, it was only [...]