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Oil Futures Set For Launch
The China Securities Regulatory Commission announced on Feb. 9 that the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, which is part of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, will begin trading its much anticipated crude oil futures contract on March 26.
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Trump Administration Proposes User Fees to Fund CFTC
On Feb. 12, the Trump administration proposed the introduction of fees on futures market participants as a way to boost funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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ESMA Conducts Second Round of Stress Tests on CCPs
On Feb. 2, the European Securities and Markets Authority published the results of its second EU-wide stress tests of EU central counterparties.
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Japan's FSA Consults on Changes to Supervisory Approach
The Financial Services Agency in January published a draft report on how it intends to transform its supervisory approach to be more holistic and forward-looking and to minimize the current “checklist” approach.
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Business Continuity in Futures Markets
Maintaining Readiness through Industry Testing
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Virtual Currencies: Handle with Care
On Jan. 19, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Chris Giancarlo gave a speech outlining his views on how the agency should respond to the rise of virtual currencies.
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Europe Delays Open Access Requirements
In the first weeks of January, as the main provisions of Europe's MiFID II reforms took effect, multiple regulators put a hold on a requirement that derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses provide open access to their services.
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People - December 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission now has a full set of commissioners for the first time since 2015.
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Bringing Innovation to the Derivatives Industry
It has been said that data are to this century what oil was to the last one—a driver of growth, change and disruption.
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CME vs. LCH: Take Two
CME Group is making another run at the OTC FX market. The Chicago-based market operator recently unveiled an agreement with seven leading liquidity providers to begin using its clearing service for non-deliverable forwards and redoubled its efforts to promote the capital efficiencies that clearing can provide for FX traders.
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