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‘Ether is a commodity,’ says CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert
In a conversation with Yahoo Finance, CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert discusses bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and regulation. He announces that the agency considers ether a commodity that falls under its jurisdiction.…
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On CCP oversight, U.S. and E.U. may be closer than they appear
By Philip Alexander and Noah Zuss
October 7, 2019, Risk
For the better part of two years, regulators in the U.S. and Europe have been embroiled in an unusually acrimonious …
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As Blockchain Evolves, Interoperability Between Vendors Could Create Challenges
By Anthony Malakian
October 3, 2019, Waters Technology
While wide-scale, cross-industry adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) has still yet to materialize, more targeted projects and proofs-of-concept are hitting the …
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Quintenz urges scrutiny of tiering impact
By James Thursfield
September 25, 2019, Global Investor Group
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Brian Quintenz has urged regulators’ to shift the focus of clearing house (CCP) tiering …
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CFTC’s equivalence plan divides clearing houses and clients
By Noah Zuss
September 25, 2019, Risk
Everyone likes having a choice – it is the essence of a free market. So Christopher Giancarlo may well have thought he was …
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FDIC shifts on leverage ratio
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
September 18, 2019, Global Investor Group
The Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) proposed a rule change yesterday that would decrease the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework, …
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Trade bodies raise “skin in the game” concerns to CFTC
By James Thursfield
September 16, 2019, Global Investor Group
The Futures Industry Association (FIA) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have raised “skin in the game” concerns regarding a …
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CFTC Revises Volcker Rule
By Rob Daly
September 16, 2019, Markets Media
Chairing his first open meeting of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chairman Heath Tarbert announced that the regulator had already amended …
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An old fight over margin protections rears its head
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
September 4, 2019, Risk
Not all things consigned to the history books remain there.
More than five years ago, a group of U.S. derivatives exchanges and …
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WFE flags concerns about EMIR 2.2 proposal
By Louisa Chender
August 28, 2019, Global Investor Group
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has flagged concerns with EMIR 2.2 claiming current proposals do not strike a balance between …
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