FIA’s Magazine of the Global Futures, Options and Cleared Swaps Markets
On Feb. 9, India’s three main stock exchanges issued a statement saying they will stop licensing their stock indexes and market data to foreign exchanges and index providers in order to curtail...
The China Securities Regulatory Commission announced on Feb. 9 that the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, which is part of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, will begin trading its much...
The Financial Services Agency in January published a draft report on how it intends to transform its supervisory approach to be more holistic and forward-looking and to minimize the current “...
On Dec. 11, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission issued a circular cautioning investors regarding the risks associated with bitcoin futures contracts and other cryptocurrency-related...
On Nov. 17, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission published market integrity rules which create a consolidated set of market integrity rules for futures markets and securities...
On Nov. 20, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission extended no-action relief for Shanghai Clearing House until the earlier of February 2018 or the date on which SCH receives exemption from...
On Oct. 24, the Financial Services Agency of Japan released draft regulations and supervisory guidelines to govern "high speed trading" in Japanese markets, as mandated by legislation approved in...
On Nov. 10, China’s vice minister of finance Zhu Guangyao announced several steps to further open up China's financial industry to foreign participation. One of these commitments will ease the...
On July 27, Deutsche Bank completed the sale of its 27% stake in Kenanga Deutsche Futures, a joint venture with Malaysia's Kenanga Investment Bank that was set up more than two decades ago. The...
Japan, the land of the rising sun, is home to one of the first global financial centers to open each day. But trading does not end when the sun goes down. During the Asian evening, most activity...
