MarketVoice News
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Clearinghouse Standards
On Sept. 22, four high-level groups of international banking and market regulators released a progress report on their efforts to enhance the resilience, recovery planning and resolvability of central counterparties.
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Exchange Connectivity
Options, London-based provider of high-speed exchange connectivity, announced on Sept. 17 that it has added three more European exchanges to its colocation platform, Velocity. With the addition of Nasdaq’s Scandinavian exchange, Switzerland’s SWX and Austria’s Wiener Borse, the platform now covers seven derivatives markets, 14 equity exchanges and two commodity markets in Europe.
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Owner vs. Member
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 10 issued an order lifting a stay of approval on the OCC’s plan to raise additional capital and a second order initiating a review of the approval.
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Enforcement
In September, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took two separate enforcement actions for violations of its wash trade rules.
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Electronic Voice
Green Key Technologies, a two-year old company that specializes in voice-activated software for traders, won a big endorsement in September.
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Swap Compression
With banks looking for ways to reduce capital charges for their derivatives exposures, clearinghouses are expanding their services aimed at “compressing” swap positions, reducing the overall notional amount and the number of contracts by removing offsetting exposures.
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Trader Tools
Contix, a company that helps traders scan social media for market-moving information, has extended its service to commodity markets.
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Cross-Border Oversight
In August the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an exemption to Australia’s ASX Clear from registering as a derivatives clearing organization.
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Links with China
CME Group and China Foreign Exchange Trade System, a sub-institution of the People’s Bank of China, announced on Sept. 25 an agreement to cooperate and explore ways “to promote each other’s market infrastructure and products.”
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