Derivatives
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Mifid II: systematic internalisers defend themselves
June 25, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
Systematic internalisers’ (SI) contribution to the market is not being considered in the debate over their future, according to several sources speaking to …
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Contagion can spread via cross-asset links, ECB study shows
By Alexander Campbell
July 1, 2020, Risk
Financial stress can move between central counterparties, clearing members and their clients more widely than previously thought, recent research suggests.
A study by …
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Swap dealers open full-court press on US CFTC to ease dealer-capital proposal
By Neil Roland
June 24, 2020, MLex
Banks and other swap dealers have launched a full-court press on Heath Tarbert, head of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other …
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Banks Get Easier Volcker Rule and $40 Billion Break on Swaps
By Jesse Hamilton
June 25, 2020, Bloomberg
Wall Street banks will soon be able to boost investments in venture capital funds and pocket billions of dollars they’ve had to set …
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Higher margins would aid clearing stability – Ice Clear chief
By Costas Mourselas
June 24, 2020, Risk
The head of London’s largest futures clearing house has voiced support for measures that would see clearing house margins stay permanently higher once …
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Wall Street’s Win Streak With Trump Regulators Dangles by Thread
By Jesse Hamilton
June 24, 2020, Bloomberg
For Wall Street, this week might mark the end of the sweeping period of financial deregulation that has defined the Trump era.
Bank …
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EU delays reform to futures market by a year
By Philip Stafford and Jim Brunsden
June 24, 2020, Financial Times
Brussels is delaying by a year the introduction of rules to boost competition in Europe’s futures markets, postponing the …
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EPTA latest to stress Mifid II failings
By Luke Jeffs
June 22, 2020, Global Investor Group
Trade body the European Principal Traders Association has become the latest to criticise Europe’s Mifid II regulation, arguing it has loopholes …
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US LEI proposal for commodity pools panned by global authority for not going far enough
By Neil Roland
June 19, 2020, MLex
A US proposal to require the use of legal entity identifiers by investment companies that trade swaps doesn’t open a big enough window …
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Flash Boys’ new U.S. rules will let them keep trading secrets
By Ben Bain
June 18, 2020, Bloomberg
U.S. derivatives regulators are preparing to issue a new plan to regulate high-frequency trading after much-tougher Obama-era proposals were killed amid widespread industry …
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