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People News: July/August 2019
David Wescott, a 30-year member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, died on July 16. Wescott was highly respected in the futures community and one of the longest-serving directors on the board of CME Group. He served as president of the Wescott Group since 1991 and managing partner of the Dowd/Wescott Group since 2006. He was also a founder and partner of Nirvana Technology Solutions.
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European Commission equivalence moves raise market access concerns
Recent moves by the European Commission, including the repeal of some existing equivalency decisions and a communication stating the re-evaluation of its approach to markets outside the European Union, have some concerned about the future of U.K. access as the chance of a "no deal" Brexit on Oct. 31 seems increasingly likely.
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Corvil deal to bring increased transparency, data to Pico clients
Pico, a provider of data center infrastructure, exchange connectivity and cloud technology, is set to acquire Corvil, a provider of network performance real-time analytics, in a deal that will provide clients with greater visibility into their managed trading environment.
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Tradeweb shows commitment to community service
It's been a big year for Tradeweb Markets. The electronic trading platform officially became a public company after a very successful initial public offering, and average daily volume at Tradeweb topped $665 billion in April to notch the second-highest total on record. Change and growth is always a constant in financial markets. But after more than 20 years in operation, Tradeweb is the same old company in one important way: Its longstanding commitment to charitable giving and community service.
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2019 shaping up to be a big year for Chinese equity index futures
CFFEX is running far ahead of the previous year thanks to re-normalization
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CFTC advances two proposals amending oversight of non-U.S. clearinghouses
At an open meeting on July 11, the five members of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to release a proposed rulemaking designed to create a less burdensome regulatory regime for foreign clearinghouses that clear swaps for U.S. customers. The proposal, which now will be published for public comment, would allow clearinghouses in other parts of the world to offer their swap clearing services to institutional investors and other "eligible contract participants" so long as they fall below a certain threshold of importance to the U.S. financial system. They would still be required to register with the CFTC, but the CFTC's oversight would be limited to customer protection issues.
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Special Report: CFTC advances two proposals amending oversight of non-U.S. clearinghouses
At an open meeting on July 11, the five members of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to release a proposed rulemaking designed to create a less burdensome regulatory regime for foreign clearinghouses that clear swaps for U.S. customers.
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People News - June/July 2019
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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