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Cybersecurity: NFA Sets Standards
The National Futures Association, the U.S. futures industry’s self-regulatory organization, has drafted standards that all NFA members will need to apply in protecting themselves from the risk of unauthorized access or attacks on their information systems.
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Clearing Integration
Chris Topple and Christophe Lattuada, Co-Heads of Société Générale Prime Services, explain the strategy behind the acquisition of Newedge and Jefferies Bache and their integration into the bank’s Prime Services business.
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Vendor Consolidation
Several financial technology vendors have been acquired in recent months as large IT firms have looked for ways to capitalize on structural changes in the financial markets.
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Machine Learning and Spoofing
Neurensic is a Chicago-based company that has developed a set of tools for the detection of disruptive trading practices such as spoofing.
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End of an Era
Former floor traders reminisce about their days of open outcry trading in Chicago and New York.
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CFTC Examines FCM Consolidation
Agricultural hedgers are worried about the dwindling number of futures commission merchants, particularly as financial regulations have called for more businesses to be centrally cleared.
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A New Vision for JPX
In this interview, Akira Kiyota, Japan Exchange Group’s CEO, outlines his strategy to expand the exchange group with a planned trading system upgrade and by expanding into commodity futures and a range of interest rate products.
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Retail Forex Rules
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amended rules and a new interpretive notice filed by the National Futures Association intended to enhance protections for customers in the retail foreign exchange markets.
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Regulatory Reporting
On Sept. 28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission provided futures and swaps traders with additional time to comply with new reporting requirements established by the CFTC’s Ownership and Control Reporting final rule.
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Implementing Financial Reforms
On Sept. 28 the European Securities and Markets Authority published the final versions of its regulatory technical standards on three major pieces of financial reform legislation
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