Deutsche Börse has added market data from the Taiwan Futures Exchange to its offering, making it possible for its customers to incorporate Taifex data into their systems.
CONTINUE READINGIn the paper “Stress This House,” LCH proposed a stress testing regime for central counterparties that would enable members to draw meaningful comparisons among CCPs, regardless of the variations due to product portfolio, margin models, confidence levels, default fund structure, assessments levels, etc.
CONTINUE READINGOn March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that will shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions to T+2 from T+3. Broker-dealers will be required to comply with the shorter settlement cycle beginning on Sept. 5.
CONTINUE READINGThe Japan Securities Clearing Corporation has implemented several changes to its clearing rules for listed derivatives to enhance its clearing services and to introduce practices adopted by other major global clearinghouses.
CONTINUE READINGIn January, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a proposal to update and modernize Rule 1.31, which sets out certain recordkeeping requirements for futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, trading firms that are exchange members, and other market participants.
CONTINUE READINGOn March 15, Chris Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced a three-pronged plan to renovate derivatives regulation that he called Project KISS, which stands for “keep it simple, stupid.”
CONTINUE READINGThe London Metal Exchange and LME Clear have published a discussion paper to solicit feedback on a wide range of issues related to its core markets in non-precious metals, including trading and booking structures, clearing structures and services, delivery and physical market structure, membership and the LME ecosystem as a whole.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 28, the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a consultation paper to further implement OTC regulatory reform in Singapore.
CONTINUE READINGOn March 21, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing announced that it has launched a client clearing service ahead of the first phase of mandatory clearing in Hong Kong set for July 1.
CONTINUE READINGWelcome to the second day of IDX. I hope you’ve enjoyed the event so far, and the wide range of discussions—covering Brexit, MiFID II, the ESA Review and the EMIR Review.
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