On 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.
CONTINUE READINGINTL FCStone in July merged three U.S. subsidiaries, including its futures commission merchant subsidiary, into one business unit.
CONTINUE READINGThe 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 READINGNasdaq is moving its primary data center in Scandinavia to a new location just outside Stockholm.
CONTINUE READINGThe 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 READINGNovaSparks, a company that specializes in offering low-latency market data through field-programmable gate array technology, is now linked to the Montreal Exchange.
CONTINUE READINGThe Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the French regulator, in July implemented position limits for agricultural commodity derivatives.
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