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Operational Efficiency
LCH is rolling out a number of enhancements to its clearing services over the coming months that are aimed at enhancing collateral protections and operational efficiencies for its customers.
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High Speed Data
Traders now have a new way to collect raw market data and translate it into the formats they need for research and compliance: a cloud-based service introduced in April by MayStreet, a New York startup.
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Data Acquisition
Intercontinental Exchange in March announced plans to acquire two data businesses from McGraw Hill: Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, a provider of fixed income pricing, and Credit Market Analysis, a business that provides independent data for the over-the-counter markets.
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Mandatory Clearing in Mexico
On March 30, Mexico’s central bank granted CME Clearing recognition as a foreign central counterparty, paving the way for Mexican market participants to clear interest rate swaps through CME Clearing.
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Gallery - BOCA 2015
8th Annual FIA Europe International Derivatives Expo - Delegates network at the International Exchanges Luncheon.
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Gallery - FIA Rings Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange to Celebrate Global Merger
FIA leadership joined president and CEO Walt Lukken on Jan. 29 to celebrate FIA’s recent merger by ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Swap Futures
Eris Exchange has undertaken a massive expansion of its interest rate swap futures, doubling the range of maturities available and introducing a new set of forward-starting contracts.
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Insight: Oil Prices: A Study in Hedging Against Unpredictable Prices
Watching oil prices crash below $30 a barrel is a sobering lesson in the limits of our ability to predict the future. I was at the helm of the CFTC in 2008 when the price of oil topped $145 a barrel. At the time, certain members of the “Peak Oil” crowd were predicting $200 per barrel by that year’s end. As recently as last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast that Brent crude oil prices would average $58 per barrel in 2015 and $75 per barrel in 2016. EIA is now predicting Brent prices will average $38 per barrel in 2016, almost 50% lower than last year’s forecast.
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Scouts Meet STEM at the Chicago Trading Tech 300 Merit Badge Program
As exchange floors have shut down and markets have become more electronic, avenues of entry to that world have changed, and opportunities to find jobs through relationships and networking have diminished.
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2015 Annual Survey: Global Derivatives Volume
This year’s annual survey of derivatives exchange volumes highlights strong growth in the trading of futures and options at exchanges in China, India, Korea, Singapore and other parts of Asia.
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