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Capital Efficiency
INTL FCStone in July merged three U.S. subsidiaries, including its futures commission merchant subsidiary, into one business unit.
CONTINUE READINGMandatory Trading
The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight held a public roundtable on July 15 to discuss the “made available for trade” process for determining which swaps should be subject to the CFTC’s mandatory trading requirements.
CONTINUE READINGNew Data Center
Nasdaq is moving its primary data center in Scandinavia to a new location just outside Stockholm.
CONTINUE READINGMIFID II
The European Securities and Markets Authority on June 30 published its final report on draft technical standards on authorization, passporting, registration of third-country firms and cooperation between competent authorities under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II and the Markets and Financial Instruments Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGMarket Data
NovaSparks, a company that specializes in offering low-latency market data through field-programmable gate array technology, is now linked to the Montreal Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGLimiting Speculation
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the French regulator, in July implemented position limits for agricultural commodity derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGGlobal Cotton
The U.S. Congress has repealed a law dating back to World War One that prevents futures exchanges from listing contracts based on cotton grown outside the U.S.
CONTINUE READINGDirect Market Access
TradingScreen and Object Trading announced a partnership in June that will allow TradingScreen’s clients to leverage the direct market access platform operated by Object Trading.
CONTINUE READINGComplex Order Tool
EESAT, a Chicago-based financial technology startup, has won an important endorsement.
CONTINUE READINGCommodity Markets
FIA Europe joined several other trade associations representing financial institutions and commodity firms in sending a letter to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Securities and Markets Authority raising concerns about several aspects of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II that could “severely affect” commodity markets.
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