Opinions

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  Greg MacSweeney
  Back Office: Time to Pay the Piper
  With increasing complexity and the need for more highly automated operations, the back office will require increased innovation and continued investment.
• A New Theory on Market Structure
  What happens when economic market theory collides with the fractured, high-speed, low-latency, dark pool insanity that we call the U.S. equity market?
• Spending Increase on the Horizon as the End Nears
  Technology, research, and other expenses that were delayed during the worst of the crisis can only be put off so long, so as the economy makes gradual improvements, so should spending figures.
• CIOs’ Top Priority: Managing IT Costs in a Challenged World
  The industry needs to rethink its cost and processing structures -- and perhaps make some radical changes, says Special Contributing Editor Larry Tabb.
• The Dawn of a New Investment Banking Model
  Rising from the ashes of the bulge-bracket investment banking model, a new breed of partner-driven merchant-investment bank is on the horizon, predicts Larry Tabb, special contributing editor.

Blog

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  Gregory MacSweeney
  Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” If you ranked the people who are the most disliked by Wall Street executives, Michael Lewi...
• Wall Street Firms Focus On Vendor Risk (video)
• TGIF: Make It Rain -- The Credit Card Act
• Cloud Vendors: Are You Listening?
• TGIF: Need A Motivational Speech? (video)
• Brokers Get New Social Media Rules (video)

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2. Examiner Sees Accounting Gimmicks in Lehman Demise
3. Author Michael Lewis Equates Wall Street Bonuses with 'Theft'
4. Post-Crisis, Banks Paying Close Attention to Vendor Risk When Choosing Tech Partners
5. Buffett Kept Distance from Lehman
6. BOX Moves to Equinix NY4 Data Center in Secaucus, New Jersey
7. Fully Compliant Social Networking Site For Financial Professionals Launches
8. LSE Sells 9% of Turquoise to 3 Global Banks
9. CBOE Files for $300 Million IPO
10. High-Frequency Traders Confident as CFTC Ramps Up Scrutiny