Following a joint FIA/EFET/GFMA/ISDA letter to ESMA in December 2016, the trade associations jointly submitted draft Q&As to ESMA on position reporting under Art. 58 of MiFID II.
CONTINUE READINGThe annual survey includes tables and charts showing exchange and contract rankings as well as breakdowns by region and asset class, and the underlying data can be downloaded directly from the website in Excel format.
CONTINUE READINGAxoni, a developer of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry, raised $18 million in capital in December in its first big round of funding from banks and venture capital investors.
CONTINUE READINGThe Autorité des Marchés Financiers, France's market regulator, announced in January that it is launching an effort to modernize its system for monitoring market activity and enhance its ability to detect, analyze and investigate suspicious activity.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 17 FIA submitted a letter to the Federal Reserve Board requesting more careful study before the regulator moves forward on proposed requirements that would restrict bank activities in physical commodities.
CONTINUE READINGThe Financial Stability Board is making progress toward its goal of establishing global standards for resolving clearinghouses that have passed the point of recovery.
CONTINUE READINGNew products, international certifications and increased educational efforts are set to drive growth on the Taiwan Futures Exchange, one of the top ten largest derivatives exchanges in Asia-Pacific.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 1 the European Securities and Markets Authority published the framework for its 2017 stress testing exercise for central counterparties.
CONTINUE READINGVanguard's head of fixed income derivatives discusses trends in electronic trading and liquidity
CONTINUE READINGThe Japan Securities Clearing Corporation, the clearinghouse owned by the Japan Exchange, has extended the availability of its cross-margining service to customers.
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