MarketVoice News
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China's Rising Role in Middle Eastern Oil Markets
Two Chinese state-owned oil companies have become major players in the physical market for Middle Eastern crude oil.
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Thinking Forward
In this issue, MarketVoice takes a look ahead at the "mega trends" affecting our industry. We asked four thought leaders—two from the regulatory world and two from the markets—to talk about the trends and issues that they see as the most important for our industry as we start the new year.
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Blockchain: A Closer Look
Industry leaders at FIA's Futures and Options Expo in Chicago discuss how blockchain technology can be used in the financial markets.
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Automated Trading: CFTC Pushes for Better Risk Controls
The proposal will apply regardless of whether the trading is high or low frequency.
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Market Transparency
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Dec. 22 asked for public comment on draft technical specifications for how swap trades are reported.
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FX Clearing: Coming Into View
Higher capital requirements for derivatives trading will create economic incentives for banks and other market participants to move their foreign exchange positions into clearinghouses.
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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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Commodity Arbitrage
Trading Shanghai versus London in the copper market? Sucden Financial wants to help. The London-based broker has added a spread trading functionality to its Star trading platform for futures and options, which was developed in-house. The company said its dynamic spreader tool will make arbitrage in commodity futures markets easier to execute by allowing users to create and trade synthetic spreads within a single exchange or across exchanges. For example, traders can trade the premium between raw and refined sugar on Intercontinental Exchange by simultaneously buying sugar No. 11 futures and selling white sugar futures. To mitigate legging risk, the spreader releases orders in clip sizes that can be set by the trader.
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Market Innovation
Small and mid-sized banks now have an electronic marketplace to lend and borrow short-term funds. Launched in December, the American Financial Exchange will focus on serving the overnight and 30-day borrowing needs of 1,740 community and regional banks in the U.S. This represents institutions that manage between $500 million and $125 billion in assets in a total market of nearly $5 trillion.
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IDB Consolidation
ICAP in November entered into an £1.1 billion ($1.63 USD) agreement to sell its brokerage business to Tullett Prebon. Although ICAP will retain some ownership of the combined company, the move marks a decisive shift away from ICAP's origins as a voice broker. Going forward, the company will focus primarily on two main lines of business: post-trade services and electronic markets.
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