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Managing Liquidity: Why You Should Revisit Your Strategy Today
Successfully running a futures commission merchant business or brokerage firm requires more than state-of-the-art trading technology and market access. You also need quick access to cash in case your clients suddenly require liquidity.
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Kenanga Takes Control: Deutsche Bank Sells Stake in Malaysian Futures Brokerage
On July 27, Deutsche Bank completed the sale of its 27% stake in Kenanga Deutsche Futures, a joint venture with Malaysia's Kenanga Investment Bank that was set up more than two decades ago
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Better Benchmarks
Central banks and market regulators in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. are accelerating the transition away from the use of Libor as a benchmark for interest rates.
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Capital Markets Fintech: Venture Capital Investment on Track for Record High
In recent years, venture capital funds have made sizeable investments in new and emerging companies that are aiming to transform financial services through the use of innovative technologies. According to estimates published by KPMG, $13.6 billion was invested in fintech companies worldwide in 2016, compared to $12.7 billion in 2015 and just $1.4 billion in 2011.
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SEC Hacked
Jay Clayton, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, revealed on Sept. 20 that hackers gained access to the agency's EDGAR system for corporate filings and might have used the information for trading purposes.
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Pain Points
FIA is working with two other industry bodies—SIFMA Asset Management Group, which represents buyside institutions, and the International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication, which develops standards for trade processing and related communications—to discuss "pain points" in post-trade processing of cleared derivatives.
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The Market Never Sleeps: The Success of Extended Trading Hours at JPX
Japan, the land of the rising sun, is home to one of the first global financial centers to open each day. But trading does not end when the sun goes down.
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Relief for Hedgers
Bank Negara Malaysia has issued a supplementary notice which provides additional hedging flexibility for participants in the crude palm oil market.
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MiFID Compliance: FIA Offers Template for Due Diligence Assessment of DEA Clients
FIA’s European E-Trading Committee, working in cooperation with three other industry trade associations, has produced a template of questions for use by investment firms providing direct electronic access to their clients.
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Chart of the Month: Mapping the Flows from SEFs to CCPs
IN 2016, THE CFTC implemented new guidelines for data reported by swap execution facilities on their trading activity.
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