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Uncleared Swaps
On June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to propose a rule that would apply the CFTC’s margin requirements for uncleared swaps in the context of cross-border transactions.
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Trading Analytics
In a move designed to diversify its offerings, CBOE Holdings, the parent company of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, reached an agreement in June to buy the market data services and trading analytics platforms of Livevol, a provider of options technology and market data services.
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Gold Market Benchmark
ICE Benchmark Administration continues to adjust the process used to set the LBMA Gold Price, the revamped benchmark for daily gold prices.
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Common Platform
Following its merger with Direct Edge, Bats Global Markets has consolidated all of its markets in the U.S. at one data center, the NY5 facility in New Jersey operated by Equinix.
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Fine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
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Fine-Tuning Dodd-Frank
On April 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved for public comment a proposed rulemaking that would reduce certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for end-users that transact in trade options, a term used by the CFTC to refer to physically settled over-the-counter options on commodities that are purchased by commercial end-users.
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Liquidity Roadmap
The London Metal Exchange continues to upgrade LMEselect, the exchange’s electronic trading platform, as part of a broader strategy to attract more financial institutions to its markets.
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Information Sharing
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Chairman Wayne Byres and Tim Massad, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, signed a memorandum of understanding on April 13.
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