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  • CFTC Proposes Rules To Simplify Process For Foreign Clearing Organizations To Obtain DCO Registration Exemption

    Date 08/08/2018

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today voted unanimously to approve a proposal to codify policies and procedures for clearing organizations located outside of the U.S. to obtain an exemption from registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). The proposal will also reduce CFTC staff time and utilize fewer resources to grant exemptions.

  • Technical Documentation For Oslo Børs’ Millennium 9.3 Released

    Date 08/08/2018

    Earlier this summer the project of upgrading Oslo Børs’ trading system for cash equities and fixed income to Millennium 9.3 was announced. Updated technical documentation has now been released. Protocol changes have been kept to a minimum.

  • Statement Of CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo Regarding The Proposed Rule On Exemption From DCO Registration

    Date 08/08/2018

    This proposal is part of Project KISS’s simple and straightforward efforts to make what has been an internal process public and transparent.  Under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), the Commission may conditionally or unconditionally exempt a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) from registration for the clearing of swaps if the Commission determines that the clearing organization is subject to “comparable, comprehensive supervision and regulation” by appropriate government authorities in the clearing organization’s home country.  Pursuant to this authority, the Commission has exempted four non-U.S. clearing organizations from DCO registration.

  • ESMA Issues Clarifications On The Clearing Obligation And Trading Obligation For Pension Scheme Arrangements

    Date 08/08/2018

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an updated statement on the clearing obligation and trading obligation for pension scheme arrangements (PSAs), with the objective to avoid, to the extent possible, disruption to certain PSAs who may face potential challenges clearing their OTC derivative contracts and trading them on trading venues on 17 August 2018, when the current, and final, exemption from the clearing obligation under EMIR expires.  

  • List Trading Goes Live On MTS BondsPro All-To-All Order Book

    Date 08/08/2018

    • Highly efficient workflow tool enables simultaneous execution of multiple trades
    • Further enhances flexible choice of execution methods on platform
    • Trading activity on the platform doubles over last year