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The recent G20 Summit in Cannes saw talk of a transaction tax come up again as a way to fund development projects in Europe. But with many opponents poised to fight any type of tax, implementation seems unlikely. Read a commentary by Lida Preyma, Director, Capital Markets Research at the G20 & G8 Research Groups, on how this tax talk just won't go away, but should.

Weather events like Superstorm Sandy and hurricanes have shuttered the markets periodically, exposing investors to risk. But columnist Dan Mathisson says the financial system has more to fear than storm closures going ahead as funerals for several living U.S. Presidents approach.

Seasoned executive Robert Meier has joined privately owned investment bank Dahlman Rose & Co. as head of equity sales and trading. He reports to Kim Fennebresque, chairman and chief executive of the firm.

Across the globe, foreign exchange desks are partying like it's...well, any year but last year.

Academics and industry veterans mingled and shared ideas at the inaugural Pragma "Quantference" in New York City last week, discussing some of the latest developments affecting quantitative trading.

The over-the-counter derivatives reforms of the Dodd-Frank law made sense, but regulatory implementation of the law is becoming "inconsistent, duplicative and at times contradictory," an industry official recently complained.

Kurt Schliemann will join JPMorgan's electronic trading group in June to run its sales effort in San Francisco.

I.A. Englander Expands Into Prime Brokerage to Sustain its High-Touch Model

Deutsche Boerse on Monday launched a new trading application that helps traders access and utilize machine-readable news.

Deep Value, a Chicago-based vendor of equity algorithms, is expanding beyond both its equity and vendor roots with a plan to start trading credit products, currencies, and interest rate products.