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Forging an index

Efforts by miner BHP Billiton to create an iron ore index that would represent the underlying benchmark for a series of derivatives instruments appear to be floundering as Chinese steel producers press hard for pricing advantage. Kathleen Kearney reports

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Piloting policy

The privately negotiated derivatives industry congregated in Beijing last month for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual general meeting. Top of the agenda were efforts to formulate a strategic response to calls for more…

A new master

China took another significant step forward in the development of a unified single master derivatives contract in March with the launch of the revised Nafmii Master Agreement. Chin-Chong Liew, Simon Zhang and Chris Zhao of Linklaters look at the…

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Sox comes to Asia

As Japan's version of Sarbanes-Oxley heads towards implementation, other Asia-Pacific countries are also introducing their own versions of the US legislation. But, learning from US Sox mistakes, they are tailoring their reforms to their political and…

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