MarketVoice News
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Protecting the secret sauce
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle are questioning a proposal from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would give the agency the ability to get access to the computer code that underpins automated trading systems.
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Platform migration
ASX, the Australian securities exchange, plans to launch the first phase of a new electronic platform in November.
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Talk, don’t type!
The Potential for Automatic Speech Recognition in Financial Markets
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Instant messaging shift
Until Aug. 5, when Yahoo launched a new version of its instant messenger service, energy traders were still chatting like it was 1998.
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Blockchain and Futures: An Industry Perspective
Scores of companies are exploring ways to apply blockchain and other forms of distributed ledger technology, the technology that underpins bitcoin, to a wide variety of financial transactions.
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Leverage Ratio
On April 28, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken warned members of Congress that the capital required to meet the new leverage ratio requirements will make it more difficult for banks to provide clearing services to end-users.
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Cybersecurity Defenses: IOSCO examines current practices among market regulators
On April 6, the International Organization of Securities Commissions published a report on cyber resilience in securities markets.
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Leverage Ratio: Assessing the Impact on Client Clearing
On April 6, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a consultation paper on several potential changes to the Basel III leverage ratio framework, including changes to the treatment of derivatives exposures.
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Cross-Border Clearing
On March 15, the European Commission adopted the long-awaited decision on the equivalence of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s clearing rules, paving the way for U.S. clearinghouses to seek recognition in the European Union and easing uncertainty around cross-border trading between Europe and the U.S.
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