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Commodity Markets
FIA Europe joined several other trade associations representing financial institutions and commodity firms in sending a letter to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Securities and Markets Authority raising concerns about several aspects of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II that could “severely affect” commodity markets.
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Limiting Speculation
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the French regulator, in July implemented position limits for agricultural commodity derivatives.
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Red October
U.S. regulatory agencies issued a joint report in July on their analysis of an extraordinary wave of trading in the Treasury market on Oct. 15.
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Exchange Competition
A district court in the Netherlands has issued a verdict in a case involving competition between two European exchanges competing in the equity derivatives markets.
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New Data Center
Nasdaq is moving its primary data center in Scandinavia to a new location just outside Stockholm.
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MIFID II
The European Securities and Markets Authority on June 30 published its final report on draft technical standards on authorization, passporting, registration of third-country firms and cooperation between competent authorities under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II and the Markets and Financial Instruments Regulation.
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Global Cotton
The U.S. Congress has repealed a law dating back to World War One that prevents futures exchanges from listing contracts based on cotton grown outside the U.S.
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Global Derivatives Reform
On July 24 the Financial Stability Board, the international body that coordinates financial sector reforms under the authority of the Group of 20 nations, published its ninth progress report on the global implementation of derivatives market reforms.
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Complex Order Tool
EESAT, a Chicago-based financial technology startup, has won an important endorsement.
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Capital Efficiency
INTL FCStone in July merged three U.S. subsidiaries, including its futures commission merchant subsidiary, into one business unit.
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