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  • Voice into Data

    Although traders have been awash in data for years now, very little voice trading data has been susceptible to analysis. But last month, Cloud9 Technologies announced that it had cracked the code.

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  • Protecting Market Infrastructure from Cyber Attacks

    On July 10, the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore published a proposed cybersecurity bill.

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  • The Future of Clearing

    On Aug. 22 the European Commission opened a public consultation on post-trade services in financial markets, including clearing, settlement and collateral management.

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  • Position Limits Come to Europe

    On Aug. 10, the European Securities and Markets Authority published three opinions on position limits proposed by France’s markets regulator regarding rapeseed, corn and milling wheat.

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  • Standalone Clearing

    On June 23, the Securities Commission Malaysia announced amendments to its regulatory framework so that the clearing of securities and derivatives will be classified as a new regulated activity.

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  • Next-Gen Compliance

    In July Nasdaq announced an agreement to buy Sybenetix, a provider of market surveillance and compliance monitoring software for banks, asset managers, hedge funds, exchanges and regulators.

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  • Swap Trading

    Tim Massad, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gave several speeches in April on the need to adjust the CFTC's rules for swap execution facilities

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  • Best Practices in Customer Margin Standards

    The derivatives industry has played a key role in allowing market participants to safely and efficiently manage their risks during normal market conditions and stress events for over 100 years

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  • The Four Levels of Financial Regulation

    Financial regulators use many techniques to carry out their responsibilities.

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  • Shorter Settlement

    On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that will shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions to T+2 from T+3. Broker-dealers will be required to comply with the shorter settlement cycle beginning on Sept. 5.

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