Mizuho Bank in London has implemented a consolidated trading and risk management platform that will allow the bank to have a consistent view of P&L and risk in near real-time via an open application programming interface (API) framework. The bank has replaced a legacy system that could not support current volumes and risk requirements with… Read More >>
CFTC Alleges Mizuho Trader Tested Strategies via Spoofing
Tokyo-based Mizuho Bank, Ltd. has settled with the CFTC over allegations that it was involved in “multiple acts of spoofing in a variety of futures contracts” as a means of testing market reactions to certain types of orders. The charges are about instruments based upon U.S. Treasury notes and Eurodollars and transacted via the Chicago… Read More >>
NRI, Mizuho Explore AI Overhaul of Derivatives Contracts
Systems provider and consultancy Nomura Research Institute (NRI) recently completed a proof-of-concept test project with Mizuho Bank operations staff that applied artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to labor-intensive derivatives contract processing in order to find efficiencies. For most participants in derivatives markets, the standard operating procedure for managing derivative contracts involves the exchange of printed International… Read More >>
