CME Group is strengthening its already powerful position in equity derivatives through an ambitious partnership with FTSE Russell, the index services arm of the London Stock Exchange Group.
CONTINUE READINGR.J. O’Brien and Associates, the largest non-bank futures clearing firm in the U.S., announced on July 23 that its U.K. affiliate has been approved as a clearing member of the London Metal Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGTHE LONDON METAL Exchange is embarking on arguably its most ambitious program of change ever as it steps up plans to boost participation and enhance liquidity in the world’s largest metals market.
CONTINUE READINGNEARLY 17 YEARS AGO, Mead Welles started an organization that has changed the lives of thousands of disabled children worldwide.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, FIA PTG and FIA EPTA wrote to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 11 September 2015 setting out their views on third country firms engaged in dealing exclusively on own account or providing services/performing investment activities outside the EU to clients outside the EU when accessing European markets through direct membership of DEA under MiFID II.
CONTINUE READINGIntercontinental Exchange announced on June 25 that ICE Futures Singapore and ICE Clear Singapore received regulatory approvals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and that KGI Ong Capital, Phillip Futures and UOB Bullion and Futures were approved as the first three clearing members for its Singapore-based clearinghouse.
CONTINUE READINGOn June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the CFTC’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions.
CONTINUE READINGOn June 24 the Monetary Authority of Singapore reprimanded the Singapore Exchange for “lapses” related to two market outages last year and directed the exchange to improve its recovery capabilities and processes.
CONTINUE READINGIn a move designed to diversify its offerings, CBOE Holdings, the parent company of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, reached an agreement in June to buy the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of options technology and market data services.
CONTINUE READINGIn July FIA Asia submitted comments to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on proposed rules for mandatory clearing for OTC interest rate swaps.
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