Industry group to communicate next steps and commitments to OTC Derivatives Supervisors Group
New course combines existing derivatives course and options licensing course
Ontario proposes rules for credit rating agencies and measures to strengthen alternative trading systems
The latest statistics from the Bank for International Settlements shows an overall contraction in the global over-the-counter derivatives market, despite a large increase in market values.The BIS reports that, in the first half of 2010, positions of all types of OTC derivatives fell by 4% to US$583 trillion, following the 2% increase in the second […]
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