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FCMs, CCPs debate 'skin in the game' and consolidation concerns
By most quantitative measures, the cleared derivatives industry is bigger and better than ever before. But based on comments at FIA Expo conference in Chicago on Oct. 30, future growth may not be as easy to achieve, and success may be measured by more qualitative measures such as compromise and communication. At an Expo panel discussion titled simply "The Health of the Industry," a diverse group of market participants discussed a myriad of factors shaping the cleared derivatives industry now as well as their expectations for the future.
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Opinion: Is CFTC overreaching in policing foreign corruption?
A central mandate of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has always been to protect the public and preserve the integrity of commodity and commodity derivative markets. The CFTC's Division of Enforcement supports this mission by detecting, investigating and prosecuting violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). To achieve this mission, the enforcement division often coordinates its activities with other branches of the government, notably the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). To date, much of this coordination has focused on targeting fraud, manipulation and other forms of market misconduct.
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People News: September/October 2019
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Derivatives regulation under the spotlight at FIA Frankfurt Forum
FIA welcomed more than 100 attendees from across the derivatives industry to its forum in Frankfurt on 24 September, where the impact of post-crisis reforms, new rules in Europe and international oversight of cross-border trading and clearing came under the spotlight.
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CFTC's DSIO plans “thematic reviews” of large swap dealers and asset managers
After the swearing in of a new chairman in July, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is staffed up and getting down to business. And based on recent remarks from Joshua Sterling, the agency's new director of the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, that business will include an increased focus on the oversight of swap dealers and asset managers.
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After trading migration, Cboe will pivot to data analytics as next growth initiative
Data platform push will follow Oct. 7 migration of main options market to more advanced trading platform
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Members of the futures industry to help raise funds for Evelina Hospital
Futures industry participants will take part in the Guy’s Urban Challenge this month to raise money for children’s hospital
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Bakkt bitcoin futures: The dawn of an asset class
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Viewpoint - Why regulators and entrepreneurs must work together
I don't want to sound like a cranky old man on a porch, but flabbidy-flew, the world is changing fast. As the chart in this column shows, the pace of technological adoption is accelerating rapidly, and we now have access to inventions that previous generations could only dream about.
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Forging a new path in commodities
Since the first round of the trade war between the U.S. and China in 2018, agricultural markets worldwide have been operating in an environment of extraordinary uncertainty. U.S. farmers have long counted on China as their top export market, but the see-saw nature of the trade negotiations — and China's decision to shift its purchases to other parts of the world — have radically disrupted traditional trade flows.
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