By Ferdinand Peelen – EMEA Director of Sales, Baton Systems In March, we were confronted with a stark reminder of the challenges banks face during periods of extreme volatility, as customers drew down on agreed credit facilities, and risk weighted assets (RWA) and...
By Ragu Raymond – Director of Business Development and Client Success, Baton Systems As COVID-19 advanced, financial markets experienced record volatility, resulting in record transaction volumes and collateral pledges at central clearing counterparties (CCPs). While...
By Alex Knight – EMEA Head, Baton Systems Financial markets and their participants are experiencing an extended period of unprecedented stress – volumes and volatility are sky-high, while liquidity and confidence are in short supply. In times of extreme...
To say there’s a lot of hype and speculation surrounding cryptocurrencies would be the understatement of the past few years. It seems like everyone from celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Paris Hilton to Ivy League institutions has jumped onto the crypto bandwagon. While...
Is BitCoin and the whole cryptocurrency ecosystem really fraudulent? I always thought that it was insanely frothy, but what would constitute a fraud? Depending on your definition, I think the answer could be yes! Certainly, Jamie Dimon does. Read more …
At the outset, I want to clarify that I am not bashing Blockchain. I think it is a viable technology and has solved some complex distributed computing problems in computer science. It certainly has a place in solving some of the problems in capital markets over the...
