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Better Data
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight on July 10 launched a comprehensive review of its swap data reporting regulations and invited input from entities involved in swaps reporting. The CFTC said the review has two goals: 1) to ensure that the CFTC receives accurate, complete and highquality data on swaps transactions for its regulatory oversight role; and 2) to streamline reporting, reduce the messages that must be reported, and "right-size" the number of data elements that are reported. The CFTC also provided a "roadmap" for the review process. The first tranche of rule changes will address swap data repository operations and the confirmation of data accuracy by swap counterparties. The second tranche will address reporting workflows generally, including standardization of data fields and potential delayed reporting deadlines.
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Voice into Data
Although traders have been awash in data for years now, very little voice trading data has been susceptible to analysis. But last month, Cloud9 Technologies announced that it had cracked the code.
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Protecting Market Infrastructure from Cyber Attacks
On July 10, the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore published a proposed cybersecurity bill.
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The Future of Clearing
On Aug. 22 the European Commission opened a public consultation on post-trade services in financial markets, including clearing, settlement and collateral management.
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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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Bigger Role for ESMA
On Sept. 20, the European Commission published a package of proposals to strengthen the European system of financial supervision.
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Legal Liability: Futures Brokers Exempted from Consumer Arbitration Rule
On July 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a U.S. government agency created through DoddFrank, issued a final rule on pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
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