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New Options for Energy Clearing
On Sept. 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting Nodal Clear registration as a derivatives clearing organization.
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Trader Tools
Contix, a company that helps traders scan social media for market-moving information, has extended its service to commodity markets. The company has developed algorithms that scan social media and traditional sources of information and identify breaking news events relevant to financial markets. The service was developed for equity traders, but in September the company announced that its algorithms now generate market-moving alerts related to energy, metals, grains and other commodity markets.
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Implementing Financial Reforms
On Sept. 28 the European Securities and Markets Authority published the final versions of its regulatory technical standards on three major pieces of financial reform legislation: MiFID II, the Market Abuse Regulation and the Central Securities Depositories Regulation. ESMA commented that the package of standards will implement many of the most important provisions in Europe’s post-crisis financial reforms.
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Retail Forex Rules
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amended rules and a new interpretive notice filed by the National Futures Association intended to enhance protections for customers in the retail foreign exchange markets.
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New Options for Energy Clearing
On Sept. 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting Nodal Clear registration as a derivatives clearing organization. The order clears the way for Nodal Clear to provide clearing services for financially settled futures and options on futures executed on or through its affiliate, Nodal Exchange.
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Regulatory Reporting
On Sept. 28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission provided futures and swaps traders with additional time to comply with new reporting requirements established by the CFTC’s Ownership and Control Reporting final rule.
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Implementing Financial Reforms
On Sept. 28 the European Securities and Markets Authority published the final versions of its regulatory technical standards on three major pieces of financial reform legislation
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Position Limits Update
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving forward cautiously on position limits, one of the most difficult and controversial pieces of Dodd-Frank.
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Enforcement
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced enforcement actions in September against Deutsche Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for failing to properly report swap transactions.
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One-Day Gross vs. Two-Day Net
On Aug. 26, the European Securities and Markets Authority opened a consultation on a key element of the regulatory framework for clearinghouses in Europe, a move that could break the logjam with the U.S. on clearinghouse recognition.
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