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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The U.S. Congress has repealed a law dating back to World War One that prevents futures exchanges from listing contracts based on cotton grown outside the U.S.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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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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Enhancing the Benchmark
On July 2 Intercontinental Exchange announced two steps to enhance the benchmark status of the Brent Index.
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Market Data
NovaSparks, a company that specializes in offering low-latency market data through field-programmable gate array technology, is now linked to the Montreal Exchange.
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Fair Markets
The Bank of England on June 10 published the final report of the Fair and Effective Markets Review, a comprehensive effort by the U.K. regulatory authorities to raise standards and improve regulation for wholesale markets in fixed income, currency and commodities.
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Uncleared Swaps
On June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the CFTC’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions.
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Trading Analytics
In a move designed to diversify its offerings, CBOE Holdings, the parent company of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, reached an agreement in June to buy the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of options technology and market data services.
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