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25 years ago, Barings offers a hard lesson in risk controls
On Feb. 26, 1995, Barings Bank collapsed after a 28-year-old trader, Nick Leeson, lost $1.3 billion in unauthorized trades placed from the firm's Singapore office.
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Commentary: CFTC takes a new approach to position limits
"This may be the one case where the exception to the rule is more important than the rule itself." — CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert, Jan. 30, 2020. The chairman's words foreshadowed the dramatic change in approach embedded in the CFTC's latest proposal to implement speculative position limits across 25 "core referenced futures contracts."
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Virtu targets India for next step in market-making expansion
CEO says main focus will be on stocks and commodities
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People News - January/February 2020
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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T4Youth unites fintech firms with Chicago's future leaders
Table tennis tournament raises $500,000 in just six years
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CFTC position limits proposal focuses on 25 core commodities, defers to exchanges
Chairman Tarbert says "exception is as important as the rule"
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People News - December/January 2020
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Exchanges rush to roll out ESG futures
Institutional demand drives proliferation of new benchmarks
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ESG derivatives follow different paths amid strong investor demand
As interest grows, different indexes calculate environmental, social and governance criteria in different ways
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Broadridge teams with Singapore fintech to reduce trade reconciliation inefficiencies
Partnership with Tookitaki leverages machine learning to bring greater efficiency to the middle and back office
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