Electronic bond trading revived by Chicago board
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The Chicago Board of Trade is purchasing the Electronic Joint Venture (EJV) system, an electronic bond trading system used by several major brokerage companies to trade government securities. The system has been used since the Spring of 1991 with little success, and the Chicago Board of Trade hopes that its endorsement will boost the system's popularity. The companies that have used the system include Citicorp, First Boston, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brother. Companies that use the EJV system can trade government bonds at lower costs for themselves and their customers using a computer network system rather than the old fashioned system of telephones and human interaction. The Board had opposed the system for several years, but has decided to support electronic trading for the near future.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1992
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Index arbitrage seems to falter
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The popularity of index arbitrage trading, the type of program trading most frequently blamed for wild fluctuations in the stock market, has slumped dramatically. During the first two weeks of Nov 1989, only 28 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange as part of index arbitrage strategies. Index arbitrage is a form of program trading that allows traders to attempt to profit from price differences between futures contracts on stock indexes and the stocks themselves. Program trading is defined as any strategy that involves the simultaneous buying or selling of at least 15 stocks. LIT America is responsible for the largest amount of index arbitrage during that period with 6.5 million shares traded; followed by Morgan Stanley & Co with 4.1 million shares.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1989
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A New Morality Makes Old Deceptions Expensive for Wall Street
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Since the collapse of Enron, new ethical standards are being applied retroactively to major corporations, and companies such as the Bank of America and American International Group are facing lawsuits and investigations into their financial dealings.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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