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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice, Clearing

    U.S. Treasury to Monitor Financial Stability of Clearinghouses

    The Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research said in its annual report released on Jan. 27 that it will monitor the financial stability of clearinghouses.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice

    End-User Relief

    The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter on Feb. 18 that provides end-users with relief from a reporting requirement that applies to trade options that have not been reported to a swap data repository.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice

    Power Move

    The European Energy Exchange, a unit of Deutsche Boerse, has expanded eastward.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice, Americas, MARKETVOICE, MarketVoice, MarketVoice

    CBOE Buys Stake in Robo-Advisor

    CBOE Holdings announced in January that it has bought more than 50% of Vest Financial, a company founded in 2012 that aims to provide investors with a simple way to use options on individual equities and exchange-traded funds as protection against market downturns. 

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice, Cross Border, Advocacy, Swaps

    Cross-Border Oversight

    The Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 10 adopted rules setting out how the agency will determine whether or not a non-U.S. security-based swap dealer must register with the agency.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice, Clearing, Advocacy

    CCP Recognition

    LCH.Clearnet announced it has received formal clearinghouse status from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice

    SEG Funds

    On Jan. 22 NFA updated its regulations regarding customer protection requirements for futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors.

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  • March 8, 2016 • MarketVoice

    MiFID Delay

    As widely expected, the European Commission announced on Feb. 10 that it has officially proposed a one-year extension for implementing Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).

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  • February 24, 2016 • MarketVoice

    U.S. Equity Options: Volume and Market Share Trends in 2015

    Trading volume on U.S. options exchanges totaled 4.14 billion contracts in 2015, a 2.9% decrease from 2014.

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  • January 19, 2016 • MarketVoice

    Nine People to Watch In 2016

    In this special feature, the editors of MarketVoice have picked out nine people who we expect will have an outsize influence on our industry in 2016.

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