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Hong Kong's SFC Issues Warning on Cryptocurrency-Related Products and Derivatives
n Dec. 11, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission issued a circular cautioning investors regarding the risks associated with bitcoin futures contracts and other cryptocurrency-related investment products and reminding financial services providers of the legal and regulatory requirements when they target customers in Hong Kong.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Updates Standard Agreements for Give-ups
FIA has released revised versions of the standard legal agreements for give-up transactions.
CONTINUE READINGFed Amends CCAR Calculations to Avert Impact on Client Clearing
The Federal Reserve has decided to rescind a technical change in the way it calculates the CCAR stress testing calculations for large banking organizations, a decision that averts a major increase in the amount of capital required for client clearing.
CONTINUE READINGEU Postpones Capital Charge on Clearing
The European Commission has once again extended the transitional period relating to own funds requirements for exposures to central counterparties under the Capital Requirements Regulation by a further six months to June 15, 2018.
CONTINUE READINGESMA: EU Derivatives Markets Have Notional Value of €453 Trillion
On Oct. 19, the European Securities and Markets Authority published a report on the size of the interest rate, credit, equity, commodity and foreign exchange derivatives markets in the EU.
CONTINUE READINGDeutsche Börse invests in data analytics
Being a customer just wasn't enough. In September Deutsche Börse made a minority investment in Trifacta, a data processing firm founded in 2012.
CONTINUE READINGCQG brings "care orders" into trading platform
CQG, a leading independent provider of trading software, is introducing a new feature that is designed to allow a central trading desk at a futures broker to manage trades for multiple customers.
CONTINUE READINGCost of Clearing
On Dec. 14, several international regulatory bodies jointly announced that they will conduct surveys of market participants as part of a broader review of the impact of the G20 reforms on clearing incentives.
CONTINUE READINGCME vs. LCH: Take Two
CME Group is making another run at the OTC FX market. The Chicago-based market operator recently unveiled an agreement with seven leading liquidity providers to begin using its clearing service for non-deliverable forwards and redoubled its efforts to promote the capital efficiencies that clearing can provide for FX traders.
CONTINUE READINGChina Opens Door to More Foreign Investment in Brokerage Industry
On Nov. 10, China’s vice minister of finance Zhu Guangyao announced several steps to further open up China's financial industry to foreign participation.
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