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The new shape of EU politics - What new faces and new priorities in Brussels mean
The start of a new five-year political cycle has just begun in the European Union, and both EU citizens and their leaders believe the current term will have a decisive impact on the future direction of the European project. Citizens went to the polls to elect a new European Parliament in May, followed by the allocation of top positions in the other major European institutions in early July.
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Dombrovskis set to continue as European commissioner for financial services
Valdis Dombrovskis is set to retain his role as the European commissioner for financial services, after president-elect Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her proposed line-up of commissioners at a press conference in Brussels on 10 September.
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Aviva exec keeps a watchful eye on clearing issues
Aviva Investors, one of the largest asset managers in the U.K., is an active user of derivatives as a component in the investment solutions that it offers to insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional investors. In this interview, the latest in a series of buyside profiles in MarketVoice, Barry Hadingham, the company's head of derivatives and counterparty risk, talks about some of the current challenges Aviva Investors is facing in both the cleared and uncleared derivatives markets and explains why his firm may opt to move its clearing to the U.S. after Brexit.
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Swiss Life joins Eurex Clearing as direct member
With the recent addition of three customers and two major European banks to its ISA Direct program this summer, Eurex Clearing has made important progress in standing up the direct membership model it first introduced in 2016.
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VoLo Foundation uses data to fight climate change
When David S. Vogel founded Voloridge Investment Management in 2009, he was focused on using his expertise in predictive modeling to identify winning investment strategies. The fund's strategy applied sophisticated mathematical techniques to identify patterns in market data to try to predict which way stocks and futures would move next. His fund has been remarkably successful, attracting several billion dollars in assets under management. But David’s passion for numbers extends far beyond finance and markets.
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Greater Chicago Food Depository helps fight hunger and its root causes
Hunger may sound like a problem only faced by the poorest regions of the world, but nearly 12% of American households do not know where their next meal will come from. Research also shows that hunger affects many kinds of people in the U.S., across all regions and races and age groups. That makes the work of the Greater Chicago Food Depository vital to the communities it serves, and has challenged the food bank to continually evolve since it opened back in 1979.
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Photo Gallery - IDX 2019
IA hosted its 12th Annual International Derivatives Expo on June 3-5, 2019, at The Brewery in London. See photos from the event!
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European exchanges embrace tokenization
In the field of tokenization, European exchanges are thinking like venture capitalists. To get a better handle on this promising new technology, the exchanges are buying equity stakes in young companies with expertise in tokenization and helping them develop new products and services.
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People News - July/August 2019
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Futures industry cricket tournament raises funds for medical research
Fresh from the England cricket team’s world cup victory, fans of the game got another fix in July when organisations from across the futures industry took part in a full-day, six-a-side cricket tournament to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Braving record-breaking temperatures in the City of London, teams from Euronext, Intertrader, Interxion, INTL FCStone, KRM22 and the London Metal Exchange competed in the third annual David Setters Trophy where, after a round-robin tournament, Interxion and Euronext faced each other in a closely contested final. Interxion went on to be crowned the winners.
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