Following the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to crack down on electronic trading practices this month (see our coverage here), US President Barack Obama has added his own voice to the cause of encouraging greater risk management awareness in the financial services market. Obama is backing proposals by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker that would ban commercial banks from engaging in proprietary trading or owning hedge funds or private equity firms.

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