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  • Safety Margin

    On July 17, ICE Clear US implemented a new concentration charge for positions held by clearing members that are above a certain threshold.

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  • Swap Trading

    Tim Massad, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gave several speeches in April on the need to adjust the CFTC's rules for swap execution facilities

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    Cyber Guidelines

    The World Federation of Exchanges, which represents more than 200 exchanges, clearinghouses and other market infrastructure operators, published a set of cyber-resilience standards in April.

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  • Cloud Over London

    On May 4, the European Commission issued a policy statement discussing its plans to issue legislative proposals by the end of June to address “important and emerging challenges” in derivatives clearing.

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  • Bits to Barrels

    Trafigura, the global commodity trading house, is experimenting with a distributed ledger system for processing trades in crude oil.

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  • FIA and FIA PTG decry CFTC’S prescriptive approach

    On May 1, FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group submitted a joint comment letter opposing overly prescriptive regulation of automated trading.

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  • Trump Nomination

    On May 2, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Jay Clayton to serve as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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  • Testing Blockchain

    Euroclear, one of the world's leading settlement houses, is pressing ahead with plans to introduce blockchain-backed gold products, with the goal of delivering reduced counterparty risk, lower capital requirements and increased operational efficiencies.

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  • Rulebook Revamp

    The Japan Securities Clearing Corporation has implemented several changes to its clearing rules for listed derivatives to enhance its clearing services and to introduce practices adopted by other major global clearinghouses.

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  • Porting Problems

    Customers may not be able to find a new home for their cleared derivatives if their clearing member goes into default, several industry participants warned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at an April 25 meeting of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee.

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