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parm289 | 8 years ago

Why aren’t these firms insuring against this risk? Seems like any other risk that can be managed - pay premiums and so that a third party would fund any erroneous losses.

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kasey_junk|8 years ago

Because they don't have to? They don't suffer from the risk...

Clearing frequently act like a form of insurance for smaller firms, up to and including asking for killswitches in your trading engines and audits of your risk procedures.

But big firms clear themselves so don't have that. Theoretically the internal risk team is responsible for that but those teams are frequently undergunned.

parm289|8 years ago

What about a firm like Knight?

r00fus|8 years ago

That insurance is provided by their alumni in government positions.