ICE Benchmark Administration continues to adjust the process used to set the LBMA Gold Price, the revamped benchmark for daily gold prices.
CONTINUE READINGThe position limit regime now being considered in the U.S. provides exceptions for some hedging strategies but not others.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
CONTINUE READINGThese inductees have earned the respect and gratitude of participants in the global futures and options market for laying the foundation for the extraordinary success of our industry.
CONTINUE READINGThe Treasury Market Practices Group, a group of market experts sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, released a consultative white paper on April 9 describing the growth of automated trading in the secondary market for Treasury securities as well as the benefits and risks associated with this trend.
CONTINUE READINGICE Clear Europe has hooked up with Clearstream’s triparty collateral management service, making it the third European clearinghouse to tie into the service.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 23, Korea Exchange published a disclosure report on the implementation of the international standards contained in the CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructures.
CONTINUE READINGOn April 1, the European Securities and Markets Authority launched two major projects to collect financial market data across Europe.
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