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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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. In May, FIA published our response to President Trump’s call to review U.S. financial reform rules in the form of a whitepaper outlining specific policy recommendations for improving the U.S. regulatory framework. 

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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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  • OTC Derivatives Reform

    On April 28, the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a consultation paper to further implement OTC regulatory reform in Singapore. The MAS is seeking comments on draft regulations that affect exchanges and recognized market operators for the trading of OTC derivatives. The draft regulations cover licensing and capital requirements and transitional arrangements. A second consultation paper will be issued by the MAS later in May which will cover changes to product definitions under the Securities and Futures Act and extend the capital markets services licensing regime to OTC derivatives.

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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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  • Nasdaq Forms VC Unit to Invest in Fintech Startups

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  • Gallery - BOCA 2017

    BOCA 2017: 42nd Annual International Futures Industry Conference

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