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Commodity trends to watch this year
Last year was a rollercoaster for energy and commodity markets. Will markets return to business as usual in 2023 or have some been transformed in the aftermath of last year’s events? Here, we highlight key themes and events that emerged in 2022 and look at how they may play out this year.
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Startups push the derivatives industry forward
Startups are helping drive innovation in the trading and clearing of futures, options and swaps, and alumni from FIA’s Innovators Pavilion are among the companies that provide a window into the technology trends transforming the industry.
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DMIST looks to future-proof ETD markets
Cleared derivatives markets have gone through a lot in the last three years – from the operational disruptions caused by a global pandemic to energy supply shocks caused by the war in Ukraine. The Derivatives Market Institute for Standards, or DMIST, was created to improve the efficiency and resilience of the trading and clearing ecosystem.
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CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Committee sets ambitious agenda
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission held the first meeting of the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) on 13 February, the first meeting under the sponsorship of Commissioner Caroline Pham.
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FIA-SIFMA flash poll measures derivatives markets sentiment
FIA and SIFMA's Asset Management Group conducted a joint poll of their members during January to capture buyside and sellside views on liquidity, regulation, margin, blockchain and other topics relevant to derivatives markets.
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People news – January/February 2023
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry.
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Viewpoint – Issues to watch in global derivatives markets
Global cleared derivative markets are made up of a wide variety of participants, from different geographies and different business disciplines. But surprisingly, many of my conversations to start 2023 have focused on a few key priorities.
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People news – December/January 2023
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry.
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China further expands international access to its commodity markets
The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and Dalian Commodity Exchange have opened several key commodity futures and options contracts to overseas traders, capping off a year that has seen China take significant steps to remove barriers to international participation.
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Viewpoint - Lessons from the Year of Crypto
FTX's unlawful use of customer money should not completely overshadow the groundbreaking ideas it was proposing to disrupt finance. Direct access to exchanges, auto-liquidation, real-time margining—these ideas are not going away. Whether we like it or not, these new approaches to market structure will continue to challenge our way of doing business.
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