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Competition in Clearing
On March 29, the European Commission issued a statement prohibiting the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange Group. The Commission concluded that the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the clearing of fixed income instruments.
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Leverage Ratio Rethink
Two influential regulatory officials have indicated that they share the widespread concerns within the derivatives industry regarding the impact of Basel III capital requirements on clearing firms.
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Canada's AMF Forms a Fintech Lab and Joins Blockchain Partnership
Quebec’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, has created an internal think tank to explore applications of new technologies among the entities it regulates, including exchanges and clearinghouses, as well as potential applications to its own regulatory activities.
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Insight: FIA's Roadmap to Smarter Regulation and Healthier Markets
We’ve all heard the saying, “Work smarter, not harder.” Nearly a decade since the financial crisis, we are finally getting a chance to put this adage into practice.
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Cooking with Gas
Liquefied natural gas is coming of age as a globally traded commodity, and the world’s futures exchanges have taken note.
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Porting Problems
Customers may not be able to find a new home for their cleared derivatives if their clearing member goes into default, several industry participants warned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at an April 25 meeting of the CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee.
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EMIR Review
On May 4, the European Commission published a legislative text proposing changes to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
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City Against MND: Inaugurating the David Setters Trophy
Members of the futures industry have a long history of rising to challenges placed before them. And when that challenge is made in the name of supporting one of their peers and friends, especially in a fun but competitive environment, all the better.
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Competition in Clearing
On March 29, the European Commission issued a statement prohibiting the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange Group.
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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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