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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Clearing

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Leverage Ratio

    On April 13, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a consultation on the implementation of the Basel III leverage ratio framework in Hong Kong.

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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Clearing

    OTC Clearing

    On March 21, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing announced that it has launched a client clearing service ahead of the first phase of mandatory clearing in Hong Kong set for July 1.

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    June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Operational Resilience, Technology

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, UK, Advocacy

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Technology

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Advocacy, Trading

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    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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  • June 8, 2017 • MarketVoice, Technology

    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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