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  • State Street Report Takes The Pulse Of Buy-Side Firms Mandated To Clear OTC Derivatives - State Street’s SwapEx Files Registration With The CFTC To Become A Multi-Asset Swap Execution Facility

    Date 31/07/2013

    Buy-side firms are unprepared for new trading mechanisms, costs and increased complexity and should partner with established providers to adapt to an evolved OTC derivatives marketplace, according to research commissioned by State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT). The new research paper, “From Readiness to Revolution: The Implementation and Impact of Derivatives Clearing Regulatory Reform,” provides insight into preparations for swap execution facilities (SEFs), central clearing, collateral management and reporting.

  • Global Board Of Trade Launches Silver Spot CFD Contract

    Date 31/07/2013

    Global Board of Trade (GBOT), the first international multi‐asset bourse from Mauritius has announced that the GBOT SILVER SPOT CFD contract has gone live for trading on Monday, 29th   July 2013. This precious metal CFD contract, launched three months after GBOT became the 1st  exchange in Africa to have successfully introduced exchange traded CFDs, signifies the exchange’s commitment towards product innovation.

  • U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson Statement On Financial Markets Oversight Hearing

    Date 31/07/2013

    Yesterday, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-SD) held a hearing titled “Mitigating Systemic Risk in Financial Markets through Wall Street Reforms.” The Committee heard from SEC Chair Mary Jo White, and CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler.

  • Chairwoman Stabenow - U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry - Presses CFTC To Review Alleged Manipulation Of Aluminum Market

    Date 31/07/2013

    Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, yesterday called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to clarify the role and responsibility of the agency in addressing recent allegations that owners of U.S. warehouses, overseen by a UK-based commodity exchange, are intentionally slow-walking the delivery of purchased aluminum to profit from storage fees. The allegations also charge that these owners are distorting the market price of aluminum to their advantage. News reports and congressional testimony have indicated that consumers are bearing the brunt of skewed market prices for aluminum, paying billions dollars more a year for goods from canned beverages to cars because of price distortion.

  • Expansion Of ASX Equity Research Scheme

    Date 31/07/2013

    ASX is expanding the ASX Equity Research Scheme for a further 12 months starting today, with funding doubled to $2 million and with the participation of more research providers (17), covering more companies (approximately 1,314).