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25 years ago, Barings offers a hard lesson in risk controls
On Feb. 26, 1995, Barings Bank collapsed after a 28-year-old trader, Nick Leeson, lost $1.3 billion in unauthorized trades placed from the firm's Singapore office.
CONTINUE READINGCommentary: CFTC takes a new approach to position limits
"This may be the one case where the exception to the rule is more important than the rule itself." — CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert, Jan. 30, 2020. The chairman's words foreshadowed the dramatic change in approach embedded in the CFTC's latest proposal to implement speculative position limits across 25 "core referenced futures contracts."
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint - Amid Asia's record growth, remember customers come first
These markets were created to serve Main Street businesses, energy companies, pension funds, agricultural producers and lenders who need to manage risk and discover prices. And it's when our industry thinks of itself as an "industry" first and loses sight of our customers that we get into trouble.
CONTINUE READING2019 Market Data - Derivatives volume grows BRIC by BRIC
Rapid growth in Brazil, Russia, India and China sends global futures and options trading to record levels in 2019.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG supports CFTC proposal to prohibit post-trade name give-ups in cleared swaps
In a letter submitted to the CFTC today, FIA PTG supported the Commission’s proposal to prohibit the practice of post-trade name give-up for swaps that are anonymously executed on a Swap Execution Facility and are intended to be cleared.
CONTINUE READINGRisk Managing the Clean Energy Transition
How derivatives markets are supporting the move to a low carbon world
CONTINUE READINGGreenwich-FIA research offers buyside perspectives
Responses from end-users highlight top issues in global derivatives markets
CONTINUE READING2019 capital markets M&A in review
Timeline of deals that mattered to the derivatives industry
CONTINUE READINGHow is the derivatives industry responding to COVID-19?
High volumes and structural changes like the closure of trading pits create challenges
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