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Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling. Strippers, glass offices and bad haircuts. Oh, and shady deals galore. The trailer for the movie based on Michael Lewis's 2009 book on the housing bubble dropped today and it looks ... good.

More banks have joined forces with R3, a startup headed by a former ICAP Plc executive, to study how trading of securities, derivatives and loans can be overhauled by using bitcoins blockchain technology.

Optimized workflow and clean data are key, Broadridge research shows.

In today's On the Move, ITG makes a few power moves and deals a major blow to JPMorgan's electronic equities trading desk by luring one of its top and longest serving executives to head up its operations. the firm also landed other top talent and a local NJ-based firm grabbed a new sales pro.

Simply updating a CRM system is no longer good enough, Stuart Berwick of Singletrack writes.

Kevin Russell, former global head of equity trading at Citigroup Inc., is joining UBS OConnor LLC as chief investment officer.

Coalition Greenwich research indicates that banks devote a large portion of spending to technology.

The Fireblocks platform will utilize Chainalysis KYT to monitor cryptocurrency transactions.

Her firm specializes in large block trades looking to grow their businesses. We are responsible for taking people through processes to find a good home for them.

Acquisition brings ATEO’s line of middle-office solutions into the TT infrastructure.