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Position Limits Come to Europe
On Aug. 10, the European Securities and Markets Authority published three opinions on position limits proposed by France’s markets regulator regarding rapeseed, corn and milling wheat.
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Standalone Clearing
On June 23, the Securities Commission Malaysia announced amendments to its regulatory framework so that the clearing of securities and derivatives will be classified as a new regulated activity.
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Next-Gen Compliance
In July Nasdaq announced an agreement to buy Sybenetix, a provider of market surveillance and compliance monitoring software for banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges and regulators.
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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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Best Practices in Customer Margin Standards
The derivatives industry has played a key role in allowing market participants to safely and efficiently manage their risks during normal market conditions and stress events for over 100 years
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The Four Levels of Financial Regulation
Financial regulators use many techniques to carry out their responsibilities.
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Shorter Settlement
On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that will shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions to T+2 from T+3. Broker-dealers will be required to comply with the shorter settlement cycle beginning on Sept. 5.
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Project KISS
On March 15, Chris Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced a three-pronged plan to renovate derivatives regulation that he called Project KISS, which stands for “keep it simple, stupid.”
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Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: On CCPs and Banks
A central counterparty, viewed from an economic perspective, is a “commitment mechanism.”
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OTC Derivatives Reform
On April 28, the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a consultation paper to further implement OTC regulatory reform in Singapore.
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