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CFTC amends rules governing FCMs
Futures commission merchants (FCMs) in the US will be permitted to enter into repurchase agreements and collateral management programmes using customer-deposited securities, following a rule amendment by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
UK’s FSA takes issue with misselling and market timing
The investment management industry in the UK is under fire from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on a number of fronts at the moment. First, the market-timing abuses that have grabbed headlines in the US also seem to have occurred in the UK,…
China releases derivatives guidelines
China’s banking regulator has finally published its long-awaited derivatives guidelines, bringing to an end 18-months of stop-start consultations with the banking sector and removing some of the legal uncertainties that have plagued the country’s…
ING exits Asian equities
ING Group is currently in talks with Australia’s Macquarie Bank over the sale of its Asian equity sales, trading, research and equity capital markets businesses. The bank plans to retain its equity derivatives business in the region.
Risk at the margin
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LNG drive gears up
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New asset management risk software vendor launched
A new technology company called Independent Risk Monitoring has been launched to provide asset management companies with risk software.
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More banks putting capital into research
ABN Amro and Barclays Capital are among the increasing number of banks putting money on their trade recommendations for foreign exchange, reports Risknews’s sister publication FX Week . Both have allocated money to start trading on model portfolios this…
CAI & CL chiefs share top posts
Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CAI) and Crédit Lyonnais (CL) executives will share the management of foreign exchange after the two banks’ merger on April 30, reports Risknews ' sister publication FX Week .
Lost in translation
Many credit market participants agree that a single European financial services market would be good for all concerned. But there is widespread doubt over whether the EU is the right architect for the project. Oliver Holtaway reports
Laying down the law
The debate surrounding the publication of market reform proposals by a group of leading bondholders – the so-called Group of 26 – is hotting up. Issuers have reacted negatively to what has in effect amounted to a series of ultimatums. Laurence Neville…
NAB CEO resigns after forex options scandal
National Australia Bank chief executive Frank Cicutto has resigned following a foreign exchange options trading scandal that has cost the bank A$360 million ($274.5 million). He has been replaced by John Stewart, executive director of NAB’s UK business…
Nikkei 225 futures to list on Globex and CME-SGX trading link
The Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) yen-denominated Nikkei 225 futures contracts will be traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Globex electronic trading platform, as well as on the two exchanges’ Mutual Offset trading link, as of February 23.
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