FIA today recommended changes to separate, but similar, CFTC rule proposals that would govern U.S. customer access to foreign clearinghouses.
CONTINUE READINGChristopher K. Hehmeyer has seen a host of changes in derivatives markets since beginning his career as a runner on the Chicago Board of Trade's trading floor in 1977, but none of them have quite the same disruptive potential as blockchain.
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CONTINUE READINGSponsored Content: The Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) has been experiencing exponential growth in various instruments such as interest rate futures, foreign exchange, stock indices, and individual stocks. B3 strongly believes that market makers are a key mechanism to increase the liquidity in these markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting Nov. 25 in Washington, D.C., to discuss final amendments to several sections of the agency's Part 4 rules. The amendments, which passed in two separate packages, provided registration and compliance relief to certain types of commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).
CONTINUE READINGOverseas traders now have access to four onshore commodity futures contracts
CONTINUE READINGTag 1031 becomes mandatory on Globex Nov. 17
CONTINUE READINGSince the first round of the trade war between the U.S. and China in 2018, agricultural markets worldwide have been operating in an environment of extraordinary uncertainty. U.S. farmers have long counted on China as their top export market, but the see-saw nature of the trade negotiations — and China's decision to shift its purchases to other parts of the world — have radically disrupted traditional trade flows.
CONTINUE READINGFIA's MarketVoice recently spoke with Gordon Bennett, ICE's managing director of utility markets about key changes in global energy markets. Bennett pointed to the liberalization of natural gas markets, and increasing globalisation that has influenced recent product launches at the exchange. He also discussed the broader shift towards clean energy, the role natural gas plays in that transition, and how ICE is supporting the evolution of modern energy markets.
CONTINUE READINGThis summer marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of FIA's Brussels office. With long-established offices in Washington D.C., Singapore and London, the Brussels office continues FIA's hands-on approach to shaping regulatory affairs across jurisdictions and ensuring members' voices are heard in the many stages of policy and regulation formation.
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