After several months of negotiations, BM&FBovespa announced on April 8 that it had succeeded in reaching an agreement to buy Cetip, Brazil's central depository for fixed income securities and derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGIn April, I appeared as a witness before our industry’s oversight body of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the impact of capital and margin requirements on end-users and our industry.
CONTINUE READINGOn March 29, the Securities and Exchange Board of India issued a circular setting out the cybersecurity regulatory framework for commodity exchanges.
CONTINUE READINGOn March 23, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular on the importance of cybersecurity following its recent review of selected licensed corporations.
CONTINUE READINGTraders now have a new way to collect raw market data and translate it into the formats they need for research and compliance: a cloud-based service introduced in April by MayStreet, a New York startup.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.82 billion contracts in the month of December, down 0.4% from the previous month but up 5.8% from December 2018.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.25 billion contracts in the month of January, up 15.2% from the previous month and up 20.3% from January 2019.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.66 billion contracts in the month of December, down 3.8% from the previous month but up 29% from December 2017.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.76 billion contracts in the month of November, down 6.8% from the previous month but up 21.2% from November 2017.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.97 billion contracts in the month of October, up 25.8% from the previous month and up 47.8% from October 2017.
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