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  • Fair Markets

    The Bank of England on June 10 published the final report of the Fair and Effective Markets Review, a comprehensive effort by the U.K. regulatory authorities to raise standards and improve regulation for wholesale markets in fixed income, currency and commodities.

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  • Uncleared Swaps

    On June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the CFTC’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions.

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  • Trading Analytics

    In a move designed to diversify its offerings, CBOE Holdings, the parent company of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, reached an agreement in June to buy the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of options technology and market data services.

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  • Access to China

    China's CSRC Issues Interim Measures for Foreign Traders

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  • Singapore Clearing

    Intercontinental Exchange announced on June 25 that ICE Futures Singapore and ICE Clear Singapore received regulatory approvals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and that KGI Ong Capital, Phillip Futures and UOB Bullion and Futures were approved as the first three clearing members for its Singapore-based clearinghouse.

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  • Options Trading in China

    Sweden’s Orc Trading has teamed up with Galaxy Futures, a Chinese broker, to offer access to China’s nascent options market.

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  • Mandatory Trading

    The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight held a public roundtable on July 15 to discuss the “made available for trade” process for determining which swaps should be subject to the CFTC’s mandatory trading requirements.

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  • Regulatory Dialogue

    In July FIA Asia submitted comments to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on proposed rules for mandatory clearing for OTC interest rate swaps.

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  • Reg Report Card

    On June 8 FIA Europe published a review of the cumulative effect of European derivatives reform, setting out the core issues and offering potential solutions to encourage further debate.

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  • Direct Market Access

    TradingScreen and Object Trading announced a partnership in June that will allow TradingScreen’s clients to leverage the direct market access platform operated by Object Trading.

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