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U.S Regulator Approves Exemption From SEF Registration for MTFs and OTFs Authorized Within the EU
December 11th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the issuance of an order exempting certain multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and organised trading facilities (OTFs) authorized within the European Union (EU) from the requirement to register with the CFTC as swap ...
CFTC grants amended order to Chicago Mercantile Exchange
November 1st, 2017
CFTC Grants Amended Order to Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. Permitting Commingling of Funds in Connection with Futures and Foreign Futures Contracts Listed on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an amended order to ...
CFTC announces Clearinghouse liquidity stress test results
October 18th, 2017
Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report detailing the results of an evaluation of settlement liquidity at clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of a hypothetical extreme but plausible market ...
Two former top Société Générale Managers accused of a Libor Scheme
August 25th, 2017
U.S. authorities on Thursday charged two managers at French bank Societe Generale (SCGLY) with taking part in a scheme to manipulate the global U.S. dollar Libor benchmark interest rate. Danielle Sindzingre, 54, the bank’s former global head of treasury, ...
How gold can rescue pensions
June 15th, 2017
The World Economic Forum, in conjunction with Mercers (the actuaries) recently estimated that the combined pension deficit currently stands at $66.9tr for eight countries, rising to $427.8tr in 2050. The eight countries are Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Netherlands, ...
Clearing houses operator announced appointment of Global Head of Rates
June 12th, 2017
LCH appoints Michael Davie as Global Head of Rates Michael Davie to lead SwapClear, Listed Rates and LCH SwapAgent business LCH, a leading global clearing house, announced today that Michael Davie has been appointed Global Head of Rates for ...
Trading Technologies connects to Dubai DGCX
March 8th, 2017
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced Trading Technologies now offers connectivity to Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) through its TT® trading platform. With this new connection, commodity and currency ...
Interview: SIG Susquehanna on European Volatility & VSTOXX®
March 7th, 2017
Interview with Cathal Hardiman, Derivatives Sales Trader at SIG Susquehanna Set up in 2005, Susquehanna’s European options desk traded 11% of the total volume traded in listed (equity & index) options in Europe. Following the increasing dislocation between the ...
Euronext announces Volumes for January 2017
February 7th, 2017
Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for January 2017. The January 2017 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €6,458 million down -25.6% compared to January 2016 and ...
CySec informs regulated Entities about Data collection exercise by the European Banking Authority
February 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform regulated Entities regarding Data collection exercise by the European Banking Authority for the potential reform of prudential requirements applicable to MiFID investment firms including the extent ...
