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Hedge Funds See MiFID Win in E.U. Warning to Trading Platforms
By Silla Brush
July 17, 2017, Bloomberg Markets
Hedge funds and high-speed traders have been fighting for years to level the playing field with banks on derivatives trading. They just …
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White House to Nominate Russ Behnam as CFTC Commissioner
By Gabriel T. Rubin and Andrew Ackerman
July 12, 2017, The Wall Street Journal
The White House is expected to nominate Russ Behnam, a Senate Democratic aide, to be a …
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U.S. Regulator Moves to Rewrite Rules for Swaps Transaction Reporting
By Gabriel T. Rubin
July 10, 2017, The Wall Street Journal
The U.S.’s top derivatives regulator on Monday said it plans to rewrite rules governing the reporting of swaps transactions …
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CFTC Compliance Proposal for CCOs Draws Praise, Concerns
By Jack Newsham
July 10, 2017, Law360
Swaps firms regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission broadly approve of changing compliance rules to more closely track those set up by …
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CFTC Appoints Fintech Expert as Head of LabCFTC
By Jack Ball
July 11, 2017, Global Investor Group
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) acting chair Chris Giancarlo has hired fintech legal expert Daniel Gorfine as chief innovation officer …
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Commodity Swap Data Goes from Bad to Worse
By Dan DeFrancesco
July 7, 2017, Risk
The managing director at a U.S. swap dealer calls it “completely unusable”. The head of trading at a large hedge fund says “it’s …
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U.S. Regulator Seeks to Fill Crisis-Era Gaps Riddling Swaps Data
By Benjamin Bain
July 6, 2017, Bloomberg
When Bear Stearns Cos. was collapsing in early 2008, U.S. officials struggling to contain the damage feared fallout from the bank’s derivatives trades …
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CFTC, SEC Seek Budget Approvals from Congress
By Andrew Neil
June 27, 2017, Global Investor Group
Wall Street’s top regulators urged U.S. government officials on Tuesday to approve budget requests for fiscal 2018.
Acting CFTC chairman Christopher …
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Bumpy Ride Ahead for E.U. Benchmarks Under BMR
By Joanne Faulkner
June 22, 2017, Waters Technology
The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA’s) new Benchmark Regulation (BMR) brings the provision of benchmark indexes within regulatory scope for the …
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U.S. Dealers Wade into European CCP Relocation Debate
By Joanna Wright
June 22, 2017, Risk
U.S. market participants are stepping up their criticism of European plans to tighten the supervision of clearing in euro-denominated swaps, following a legislative …
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