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Eurex builds out clearing solution for interest rate swaps
Eurex Clearing is starting to gain traction in its efforts to attract more business to its clearing service for interest rate swaps. Clearing volumes in the first two months of the year were running at about three times the level of a year ago, reflecting the continued onboarding of new clients and several enhancements to the clearing service.
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Tying the knot: New directions in capital markets M&A
Market infrastructure is hot again.
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People News: February/March 2019
Jean-François Grégoire, Frank Drouet, Mel Gunewardena, Andrew Busch, Gabriel Benincasa, Jay Clayton, Etienne Amic, Wilfred Yiu, Charles Li, Calvin Tai, Roger Lee, Bipin Patel, Romnesh Lamba, Roland Chai, Nic Maalouf...
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CEO Insight: Energy boom shows the power of global markets
A recent news article caught my attention and highlighted the power of our markets to change the human condition. While a U.S. story, it has implications for all markets globally. A few months ago buried in the business section of the newspaper read a headline—the U.S. had become the world’s largest producer of crude oil and a net exporter of petroleum for the first time in 75 years, thanks to an unprecedented boom in oil production over the last decade.
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Trader-backed school invests in the future of Cambodia
Can one school change a country? Trevor Gile thinks so. He is one of the co-founders of the Liger Leadership Academy, a secondary school in Cambodia with an innovative and ambitious approach to education.
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EEX strengthens green energy push with Grexel acquisition
The European Energy Exchange has acquired Grexel Systems, a leading European energy certificate registry and a key service provider to the clean power industry. The acquisition, which was announced in December and closed in early February, is intended to complement the German exchange’s strengths in the European electricity and emissions markets and position the exchange to play a bigger role in Europe’s transition to a clean energy economy.
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Photo Gallery - FIA Asia 2018
The 14th annual FIA Asia conference took place 27-30 November 2018 at The St. Regis Singapore.
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TAIFEX delivers a stellar performance and hits an all-time trading record in 2018
Overall trading volumes on the Taiwan Futures Exchange reached another all-time record in 2018. More than 308 million contracts were traded, an increase of 16% compared to the previous year. In addition to growth in the exchange's core products, two other distinct factors also contributed to this exciting growth: the popularity of TAIFEX's night session, which more than doubled compared to 2017, and the expanding participation of international investors, who now account for 20% of the exchange's total volume.
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TAIFEX delivers a stellar performance and hits an all-time trading record in 2018
Overall trading volumes on the Taiwan Futures Exchange reached another all-time record in 2018. More than 308 million contracts were traded, an increase of 16% compared to the previous year. In addition to growth in the exchange's core products, two other distinct factors also contributed to this exciting growth: the popularity of TAIFEX's night session, which more than doubled compared to 2017, and the expanding participation of international investors, who now account for 20% of the exchange's total volume.
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FIA provides recommendations to CFTC on crypto-asset derivatives
On Feb. 15, FIA responded to a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for input on crypto-asset mechanics and markets.
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