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...“Some system of fees to fund the agency has been proposed by every president since Ronald Reagan, including Ronald Reagan. And other agencies have this....
...The amount of collateral tied up at the clearing house run by CME Group, which operates the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, was $100bn as of March....
...Additional reporting by Jeremy Grant...
...Futures markets such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have a system of automated “stop-loss” systems and other circuit breakers....
...But the euro reversed course on Monday after ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the debt of Anglo Irish Bank, reigniting concerns over the health of Europe’s banks....
...Grant Fielding, Leicester SD: The complexity of the issues means that ultimately no laws may be truly effective....
...The global private equity industry needs to repay some $400bn of debt in the next five years, according to estimates by ratings agencies....
...It is similar to the WTI contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, regulated by the CFTC....
...Its chairman, Joseph Kelliher, has described the move as “the largest single grant of regulatory power in 70 years”....
...The group was formed last year from the combination the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade....
...Re-authorisation is a process by which Congress re-examines a federal government agency’s statutes and budget, and can result in changes to an agency’s powers....
...Both agencies charged hedge fund Amaranth and Energy Transfer Partners, a large Texas-based operator of natural gas pipelines, with attempting to manipulate physical natural gas markets....
...The New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday will call for its main rival in energy derivatives trading, the Intercontinental Exchange, to be brought under the full jurisdiction of federal regulators amid...
...Some Democratic lawmakers worry that consumer energy prices could be open to manipulation because the OTC energy markets – unlike regular exchanges such as the New York Mercantile Exchange – are not subject...
...In October, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange each applied to launch exchange-traded versions of the over-the-counter credit default products that are the fastest-growing...
...OTC markets are where trades are negotiated privately between counterparties, unlike on a formal exchange such as the New York Mercantile Exchange....
...That was good for agency,” one person close to the agency said. “But I don’t think he really warmed to the task when he got there.”...
...Instead, it is the “oil that greases the gears” write Jeremy Grant and Gillian Tett ....
...Mr Jeffery has overseen an overhaul of personnel at the agency, including the recent departure of Andrea Corcoran as its head of international affairs....
...A reported “disconnect” between the normal physical gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel and the Henry Hub natural gas hub in Louisiana, off which New York Mercantile Exchange gas futures are priced, was...
...Two weeks ago the SEC and its counterpart in South Korea unveiled terms for regulatory dialogue between the two agencies....
...I run a company of law costs draftsmen.Lee Zeverona, Liverpool Jonathan Guthrie: I’d try your local Business Link or the North West Development Agency for advice on grants....
...It appears the debts were transferred to Refco Group Holdings Inc, which was jointly controlled by Mr Bennett and Mr Grant before TH Lee bought its majority stake last year....
...The appointment by the US president comes at a time when the agency is grappling with the sensitive issue of cross-border clearing of futures instruments amid moves by US exchanges - including demutualisation...
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