On June 8 FIA Europe published a review of the cumulative effect of European derivatives reform, setting out the core issues and offering potential solutions to encourage further debate.
CONTINUE READINGU.S. regulatory agencies issued a joint report in July on their analysis of an extraordinary wave of trading in the Treasury market on Oct. 15.
CONTINUE READINGSweden’s Orc Trading has teamed up with Galaxy Futures, a Chinese broker, to offer access to China’s nascent options market.
CONTINUE READINGThe Bank of England on June 10 published the final report of the Fair and Effective Markets Review, a comprehensive effort by the U.K. regulatory authorities to raise standards and improve regulation for wholesale markets in fixed income, currency and commodities.
CONTINUE READINGA district court in the Netherlands has issued a verdict in a case involving competition between two European exchanges competing in the equity derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Market Technology Division played a key role in helping the industry prepare for the leap second event on June 30, gathering information from exchanges around the world and providing guidance to members and the markets as a whole.
CONTINUE READINGOn July 24 the Financial Stability Board, the international body that coordinates financial sector reforms under the authority of the Group of 20 nations, published its ninth progress report on the global implementation of derivatives market reforms.
CONTINUE READINGOn July 2 Intercontinental Exchange announced two steps to enhance the benchmark status of the Brent Index.
CONTINUE READINGThe Australian Securities Exchange has selected Nasdaq’s Sentinel Risk Manager solution to manage real-time risk across its two clearinghouses.
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