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BaFin: An Integrated Approach to Market Supervision
With the U.K. set to leave the European Union in March, Germany is becoming a more important center for financial institutions doing business in the EU. This raises the profile of BaFin, Germany’s main supervisor for the financial services sector. BaFin is responsible for the supervision of a wide range of financial services, including capital markets, banking institutions and insurance. Within the capital markets sector, this includes oversight of the two main derivatives clearinghouses in Germany, Eurex Clearing and European Commodity Clearing, as well as one central securities depository, Clearstream.
CONTINUE READINGFintech Innovators Offer New Products, New Solutions
FIA holds a showcase for fintech startups each year at the FIA Expo, its annual trade show in Chicago. The startups at the Innovators Pavilion are selected by an independent committee comprised of technology experts, venture capital investors and derivatives industry executives. To qualify, the startups must offer a technology solution that is both innovative and relevant for companies in the listed and cleared derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGBursa Malaysia Updates Palm Oil Futures to Support Sustainability
The production of palm oil, the most popular vegetable oil on the planet, comes with some serious problems. In Malaysia, Indonesia and other parts of Asia, rainforests have been destroyed to create palm oil plantations, displacing endangered species and causing irreparable harm to the environment.
CONTINUE READINGEquity Derivatives: Buyside Usage in Asia-Pacific
Each year, EQDerivatives conducts a “market mapping” analysis of the global equity and volatility derivatives market, including its potential for growth in the coming years. The analysis is based on the views of buyside firms around the globe: asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, private banks, family offices and insurance companies. The findings and analysis provide a map of how equity and volatility derivatives are deployed by managers globally, as well as the types of listed and over-the-counter derivatives that they tend to use most frequently.
CONTINUE READINGFIA releases annual trading statistics showing record ETD volume in 2018
FIA today released summary statistics for annual trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets that showed record activity in 2018
CONTINUE READINGFIA and other associations respond to FSB discussion paper on treatment of CCP equity in resolution
FIA joined with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the Institute of International Finance in responding to a discussion paper issued by the Financial Stability Board on the treatment of CCP equity in resolution
CONTINUE READINGExchange Fee Management
CME Group and Duco Technologies, a global fintech provider, announced in March an agreement designed to help clearing and trading firms manage fee control processes.
CONTINUE READINGEnd of an Era
CME Group announced on April 13 that it plans to completely shut down its trading floor at the New York Mercantile Exchange by the end of this year, subject to CFTC review.
CONTINUE READINGData Acquisition
Intercontinental Exchange in March announced plans to acquire two data businesses from McGraw Hill: Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, a provider of fixed income pricing, and Credit Market Analysis, a business that provides independent data for the over-the-counter markets.
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