Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to examine fiat currencies and common tenders (trade-based money) from a risk perspective. The editorial encourages risk managers to consider the distributive benefits of a multiplicity of currencies and urges them to examine common tenders both old,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at how cyber insurance markets might work with the backing of government reinsurance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on interviews and workshops on cyber security, cyber terrorism and cyber crime. Findings – The paper links a...

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Purpose – This paper aims to offer a commentary on new stock exchanges in the financial markets. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is a critical commentary on new exchanges in the market and how they continue to evolve. Findings – Existing exchanges need to continue to evolve...

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Purpose – New regulatory initiatives, principally MiFID and RegNMS, challenge wholesale financial firms to prove that they can provide best execution for their clients. This article aims to outline the background to the problem and suggest that current research into SVM/DAPR applications may...

Purpose – Forthcoming requirements in MiFID and RegNMS mean that buy-side and sell-side firms need to find ways of showing regulators that they are sifting through their trading volumes in a justifiable, methodical manner looking for anomalous trades and investigating them, in order to prove...