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Data spotlight: Surge in trading of Midland oil futures on CME and ICE
Both ICE and CME, the two most important exchanges in energy markets, have introduced a new set of crude oil futures contracts to reflect a specific pricing point whose importance has increased in the last several years.
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ICE moves ahead with deforestation-free certification
Intercontinental Exchange is moving forward with a new platform to make it easier for coffee and cocoa traders to comply with the new European Union Regulation for Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) in time for a 30 December deadline, even as other organizations have requested a delay in implementing the regulation.
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People news – June/July 2024
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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FIA visits Washington
In mid-July, members of the FIA board of directors visited Washington, DC, to hold meetings and explain the details of our efforts with leadership on Capitol Hill and several US federal agencies – the Treasury Department, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. This annual fly-in provides the platform to share our industry priorities and demonstrate the reach of our industry with the decision-makers.
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Analysis: Enthusiasm builds for tokenisation in collateral management
Fund managers and clearing firms discuss applications for tokenisation in collateral management at FIA's IDX conference in London.
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IDX: Exchange leaders discuss the impact of elections and regulation on markets
Leaders of the largest European derivatives exchange operators have offered their perspectives on how a changing political landscape could potentially affect the financial markets.
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Derivatives industry continues pressing for greater efficiency in trading
Despite major gains in the efficiency of futures markets over the last 20 years, a panel of industry leaders say fragmented regulation stands in the way of further efficiency.
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Don’t blame increases in commodity prices on derivatives markets: IDX panellists
‘Speculators’ are not to blame for surges in commodity prices – rather commodity derivatives markets reflect what's happening on the ground, according to a commodities regulator and several experts on a panel at IDX on 19 June. Speaking about volatility in the US energy markets in recent years, Summer Mersinger, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, stressed the importance of educating policymakers and the public on the critical role derivatives markets play in internalising the impact of market swings and acting as shock absorbers.
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IDX panel: Closing the crypto frontier
Slowly but surely, the Wild West era of digital asset trading is on its way to the last roundup, according to a panel discussion on the outlook for derivatives in digital assets at IDX. If regulation and courting of institutional investors continue, trading in cryptocurrency derivatives may soon be no more exotic than interest rate options or oil futures, industry experts said.
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Stockholm forum highlights: operational resilience and clearing regulations
FIA went to Stockholm at the end of May in the first of its series of European forums this year with industry experts discussing issues and trends in the listed derivatives markets. Several topics dominated the panel discussions at the Nasdaq-hosted event, including operational efficiency, cyber resilience, EMIR 3.0 and the Capital Markets Union.
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