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  • Skin in the Game

    The Singapore Exchange’s clearinghouse plans to strengthen its protections against a clearing member default by increasing its own contribution to the clearing fund as well as clearing member contributions.

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  • New Options for Energy Clearing

    On Sept. 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting Nodal Clear registration as a derivatives clearing organization.

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  • Retail Forex Rules

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amended rules and a new interpretive notice filed by the National Futures Association intended to enhance protections for customers in the retail foreign exchange markets.

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  • Regulatory Reporting

    On Sept. 28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission provided futures and swaps traders with additional time to comply with new reporting requirements established by the CFTC’s Ownership and Control Reporting final rule.

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  • Implementing Financial Reforms

    On Sept. 28 the European Securities and Markets Authority published the final versions of its regulatory technical standards on three major pieces of financial reform legislation

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  • Position Limits Update

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving forward cautiously on position limits, one of the most difficult and controversial pieces of Dodd-Frank.

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  • Enforcement

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced enforcement actions in September against Deutsche Bank and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for failing to properly report swap transactions.

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  • One-Day Gross vs. Two-Day Net

    On Aug. 26, the European Securities and Markets Authority opened a consultation on a key element of the regulatory framework for clearinghouses in Europe, a move that could break the logjam with the U.S. on clearinghouse recognition.

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  • New Regime for Commodities

    On Sept. 28 the government of India formally unveiled the merger of the Forward Markets Commission and the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

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  • Cross-Border Recognition

    On Aug. 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission formally registered ICE Futures Canada and Montreal Exchange as foreign boards of trade, which allows the exchanges to offer direct access to U.S. members.

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