Policy-makers agreed to improvements at the G20 summit, but Canada’s commitment will be difficult without a national regulator
Over-the-counter derivatives
Measures intended to strengthen Canada’s financial markets and manage specific risks related to over-the-counter derivatives
Task force will first study exchange and electronic platform trading
CME Group is adding rainfall derivatives to its roster of weather-related derivative products.The Chicago-based derivatives marketplace announced Thursday that it will begin listing and trading rainfall futures and options beginning on November 1. The firm, which already offers products geared to temperature, snowfall, frost and hurricanes, says that the new futures and options will enable […]
Reforms must reduce risk, enhance transparency: Kloet
AIMA says it wants to see EU policymakers implement the objectives laid down by the G20
Proposed legislation should include rules banning purely speculative trading in commodities and agricultural products
Structural reforms should be rapidly introduced to enhance transparency
Two reports tackle central counterparties, trade repositories