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...Banks, trading firms and brokers are bracing for the biggest overhaul of US stock trading in almost two decades with the publication of plans designed to lower costs for small investors....
...We understand why this argument would fall on sympathetic ears at the SEC and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (if you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, etc)....
...The crucial thing is that the Fed, the SEC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should not be involved, except to tell those they regulate that they...
...On Wednesday the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted an industry roundtable to discuss FTX’s proposal for a new derivatives risk management framework....
...ExxonMobil’s stock market recovery first began when Pfizer et al announced that they had developed a strong slate of anti-Covid vaccines in November 2020....
...Singapore’s commodity-trading sector has been hit by another scandal, reports Neil Hume, after Hontop Energy’s biggest lender accused it of “suspicious transactions”....
...There’s not much precedent to support the idea that Shina et al can walk away based on a MAC clause: WPP was forced against its will to buy Tempus in 2001, Guy Hands couldn’t scrap a bid for East Surrey...
...Based on the June 12 Commitment of Traders survey published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shorting the Swiss franc is the most lopsided trade: In absolute terms, of course, shorting the euro...
...The president could have a big impact on the future of the solar industry in the US, depending on how he responds to the recommendations of the US International Trade Commission on the question of new duties...
...- Borio et al on another possible secular stagnation explanation, namely the resource misallocations that accumulated during the previous financial boom....
...Al Cook, BP’s vice-president for Shah Deniz, said he expected Brussels to support the development of so-called interconnectors from Greece to Bulgaria and then from Bulgaria to the rest of Europe, which...
...(Wall Street Journal) - Goldman et al should be forced to incur losses on mistaken trades, says Myron Scholes. (Financial Times) - Samuel Brittan: Productivity matters, but it’s not everything....
...So it’s not surprising that the first response from Buchheit et al is to answer back with bits of the bond contract that suggest sneaky loopholes instead....
...April 2012 was a pretty big month in Dodd-Frank Act rulemaking; the SEC and CFTC agreed how to define “swap dealer”, “major swap participant”, et al. under Title VII of the Act, dealing with over-the-counter...
...- Five hits from Scott Sumner, on the eurozone, FOMC, et al....
...In spite of his success in the “trench warfare” of commodities trading – a lifestyle punctuated by spread betting and drinking – by the early 1990s Farage was becoming increasingly political....
...For the most part, the hundreds of pages of new rules for the swaps market released in recent months by US regulators such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission...
...From a letter dispatched to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: The Directors Guild of America, Inc....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...In other words, the USO held sway over the market, i.e. these funds (USO, S&P GSCI et al) are artificially skewing the front of the NYMEX curve; putting downward pressure as they sell a massive percentage...
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