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EC’s Capital Requirements Directive deemed “detrimental” to energy trading...
The revised proposal for the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) presented by the European Commission (EC) on July 20 has sparked serious concerns among energy companies, traders and exchanges
Bank strategy indexes have been dragged into a debate about automated trading that has been included in a public consultation on the European Commission's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid)....
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Deconstructing Emir
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Position limits will feed risk into real economy, say energy companies
Energy market participants have expressed doubt that European position limits proposals will achieve reductions in market volatility, and warned of unintended consequences for end-users' risk management
Sweden's IFA distribution model looking good for structured products
Independent financial advisers were in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the development of the retail structured products market in Sweden. And even though the regulatory environment is getting tougher, it remains a good model...
Enter the quant regulator
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The Dodd-Frank Act created a multitude of would-be swap execution facilities (Sefs) – trading platforms that will aggregate dealer liquidity. Now, dealers want to hoover up the Sefs by building their own aggregation services, but it’s a strategy that...
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