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A European Parliament committee has given its backing to legislation that will see more derivative trades settled through clearing houses. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, US lawmakers have moved to delay the implementation of their own new derivatives rules.
25 May 2011
The world's biggest investment banks are being investigated in two European Commission antitrust probes into the credit default swaps (CDS) market.
03 May 2011
Around 16% of European share trading is over-the-counter (OTC), far less than claimed by stock exchanges, according to a study from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (Afme).
20 April 2011
CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton has hit back at Republican plans to delay for 18 months all rulemakings involving derivatives under the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law.
18 April 2011
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is contemplating the creation of a new 'Division of Market Data Collection and Analysis' to keep pace with computer-based trading and reduce its reliance on the exchanges it regulates for data dissemination.
14 April 2011
Europe's exchanges have hit out at plans to create a new type of trading venue category as part of MiFID's overhaul, warning the proposal will cause an "irreversible race to the bottom" for regulation.
08 April 2011
The Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) has inked a memorandum of understanding with New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) to build a link for the Canadian swap market.
05 April 2011
Regulatory moves to force OTC derivative trades to go through central counterparties could just shift systemic risks to these CCPs and lead to more tax payer bailouts, according to a working paper published by the IMF.
31 March 2011
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) is calling for the creation of a commodity OTC derivatives trade repository by January.
25 March 2011
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is set to start clearing over-the-counter derivatives in Europe in May.
15 March 2011
Europe's LCH.Clearnet has launched its clearing service for non-bank users of interest rates swaps in the US, with twelve futures commission merchants (FCM) onboard.
09 March 2011
Moves to force trading in derivatives away from over-the-counter markets to exchange and electronic platforms will be broadly beneficial in increasing competition, transparency and risk oversight, according to a report prepared by international regulatory overview body Iosco
18 February 2011
Investment management firm Octopus has invested £1.6 million in Vega-Chi, an electronic trading platform dedicated to European convertible and high-yield bonds.
17 February 2011
The Futures and Options Association has added its voice to the growing industry clamour over 'needlessly oppressive' pending market reform proposals from the European Commission.
03 February 2011
High-frequency trading accounts for over three quarters of transactions in the UK equity market, according to research from Tabb Group.
24 January 2011
The DTCC and Markit, through their MarkitServ joint venture, have teamed with vendor AcadiaSoft to introduce a system for automating collateral messaging for the over-the-counter derivatives market.
Nyse Euronext has set up a strategic committee that will assist and advise on the creation of a pan-European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for corporate bonds.
13 January 2011
The Financial Services Authority has given Chicago-based derivatives exchange operator CME Group the green light to start clearing OTC trades in Europe early next year.
17 December 2010
CME Group has agreed to buy London-based electronic trading and market technology vendor Elysian Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
09 December 2010
MTS, the electronic fixed income trading market majority owned by London Stock Exchange, says it plans to launch a pan-European corporate bond platform for the wholesale market.
15 November 2010
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