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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) update: FSB global standardization efforts
I recently attended the LEI Workshop conducted by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) on March 28 in Basel, Switzerland at the offices of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). This workshop brought together representatives of many countries, agencies, organizations, financial institutions, and corporations from around the world. The FSB, as directed by the last meeting…
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Apple Internet TV ? or, Google ?
Apple Internet TV ? or Google ? There is much speculation of the anticipated ‘next move’ of Apple, notably in the area of taking Apple TV to the next level, a la providing of Internet TV via the iTunes framework. However, I believe that the real opportunity in the next disruptive wave of video, movies,…
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Byte-metered pricing rears its ugly head in the name of ‘net neutrality’
The following is a critique in response to an article on Slate posted by a Farhad Manjoo, who tries to make the case that Internet pricing by the byte as opposed to by bandwidth is not only inevitable but preferable (or, at least, “reasonable”). Mr. Manjoo’s comments can be viewed here . Mr Manjoo, Your…
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A Unique Opportunity for a Win-Win in Financial Risk Management
Seeking to manage, or at least measure, financial and systemic risk by a closer inspection, analysis, and even simulation, of financial contracts and counterparties at a more precise level of detail and frequency is a significant departure from many traditional risk management and supervision practices. The results of more detailed contractual and counterparty analysis —…
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Systemic Risk Data Challenge and the Office of Financial Research (OFR)
The Data Challenge for Systemic Risk Management and the Office of Financial Resarch (OFR) ( 9 MB PDF file )
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“Net Neutrality” does not mean “equally fast, everywhere”
“Net Neutrality” means too many different things to different people. For example, concerns about the potential for discriminatory practices by ISPs or telcos based on content, application, or identities or affiliations of content consumers or producers are usually conflated with simplistic observations about the need for ‘equal speed’ being a necessary condition for net neutrality.…
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Is Internet capacity a “non-issue”, and equal bandwidth a “right” ?
Here is the link on CNN to the 5-minute segment: Cali Lewis / Max Kellerman discuss Net Neutrality A transcript of the interview follows. After watching the discussion with some interest, I tweeted Cali with a brief comment that she had made a statement about technology and capacity which was misleading and very much in…
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The Fuzzy Semantics of “Net Neutrality”
For all the legitimate and significant issues regarding the future evolution of the Internet which the term “Net Neutrality” is meant to embody, the phrase would appear to have become a bit of a conceptual chameleon with a life of its own, and whose meaning is not particularly clear — certainly not to many people…
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