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Trading technology
Bloomberg Tradebook in December announced several upgrades to its multi-broker platform for trading futures.
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IDB Consolidation
ICAP in November entered into an £1.1 billion ($1.63 USD) agreement to sell its brokerage business to Tullett Prebon. Although ICAP will retain some ownership of the combined company, the move marks a decisive shift away from ICAP's origins as a voice broker. Going forward, the company will focus primarily on two main lines of business: post-trade services and electronic markets.
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Portfolio margining
LCH.Clearnet is gearing up to launch Spider, a new portfolio margining tool that will reduce margin requirements for interest rate derivatives by looking for offsets between listed and over-the-counter positions.
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Dodd-Frank Fix
On Dec. 4, President Obama signed into law a transportation bill that includes a provision removing a barrier to the sharing of data on swap trading.
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MiFID Delay
A one-year delay to the implementation of MiFID II/MiFIR is widely anticipated following a number of presentations and petitioning by regulatory officials at the European Securities and Markets Authority and the European Commission.
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Commodity Arbitrage
Trading Shanghai versus London in the copper market? Sucden Financial wants to help.
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Market Innovation
Small and mid-sized banks now have an electronic marketplace to lend and borrow short-term funds.
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Mandatory Clearing
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission on Dec. 14 published final rules mandating clearing for over-the-counter interest rate swaps.
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Energy Trading
In a move to expand services to Europe's energy markets, Intercontinental Exchange announced on Nov. 16 that it reached an agreement to acquire Trayport for $650 million.
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On-exchange FX trading
In December the Reserve Bank of India issued guidelines for introduction of additional futures and options based on foreign currencies, a move that could lead to a major expansion in the volume of currency derivatives traded on India's exchanges.
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