Experts discuss falling prices and the impact on hedging strategies during a panel at FIA’s annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 6, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released a consultation paper on several potential changes to the Basel III leverage ratio framework, including changes to the treatment of derivatives exposures.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 28, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken warned members of Congress that the capital required to meet the new leverage ratio requirements will make it more difficult for banks to provide clearing services to end-users.
CONTINUE READINGAfter 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 READING