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OTC Derivatives
On March 31, FIA Asia and ASIFMA, a trade association representing international banks and brokers active in Asian markets, submitted a joint comment to the Monetary Authority of Singapore's consultation on proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures Act. The amendments were proposed in February as part of the ongoing effort to regulate over-the-counter derivatives as well as the need to keep the law up to date in light of market and international developments. The amendments include reforms relating to the regulation of OTC derivatives, including regulation of derivatives markets, trading and licensing of intermediaries, changes to types of regulated activities and the transfer of regulation of commodity derivatives.
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Data Standardization
On April 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority launched two major projects to collect financial market data across Europe.
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Gold Market Benchmark
ICE Benchmark Administration continues to adjust the process used to set the LBMA Gold Price, the revamped benchmark for daily gold prices.
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Common Platform
Following its merger with Direct Edge, Bats Global Markets has consolidated all of its markets in the U.S. at one data center, the NY5 facility in New Jersey operated by Equinix.
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Fine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
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Fine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
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Liquidity Roadmap
The London Metal Exchange continues to upgrade LMEselect, the exchange’s electronic trading platform, as part of a broader strategy to attract more financial institutions to its markets.
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Information Sharing
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Chairman Wayne Byres and Tim Massad, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, signed a memorandum of understanding on April 13.
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Low Latency Trading
India’s BSE is leveraging its technology partnership with Deutsche Boerse to offer a faster pathway for traders in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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