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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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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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Build Your Own Algo
Two fintech startups, QuantConnect and Quantopian, have extended their trading solutions into the futures markets, providing users with easy-to-access tools to build their own automated futures trading strategies.
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The Four Levels of Financial Regulation
Financial regulators use many techniques to carry out their responsibilities.
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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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