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CFTC petitioned to allow clearing of OTC agricultural contracts
Agora-X an electronic trading and negotiation platform for commodities, has petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) contracts in major agricultural commodities.
Carbon registry link-up to boost trading volumes
The long-awaited link up of the European Union's emissions trading scheme with the Kyoto Protocol's carbon credit registry could take emissions trading to a new level, finds Katie Holliday
UK’s FSA sets sights on retail banking
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PowerShares to release actively managed US Real Estate ETF
Invesco PowerShares has announced its plan to launch an actively managed US Real Estate exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca in November.
EU aviation emission targets seen too low; reviewed 2013
The Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union has announced that aviation will be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from 1 January 2012, following a meeting in Luxembourg on October 24.
Carbon and waste ETFs hit Euronext Paris
EasyETF listed both low carbon and global waste exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on NYSE Euronext today. The EasyETF Low Carbon 100 Europe offers investors exposure to 100 blue-chip European companies that have the smallest carbon footprint relative to their…
Powernext gas futures to launch in November
Energy exchange Powernext is set to launch natural gas spot and futures contracts for the French market in the second half of this month.
November target for CDS central counterparty
Dealers have pledged to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to begin using a central counterparty for clearing credit derivatives by the end of November.
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Lawmakers take aim at CDS market
Regulators have been threatening the credit derivatives market with draconian new legislation in a bid to curb practices that supposedly exacerbated the current turmoil. But the lawmakers' belligerent comments are somewhat akin to closing the windows…
Chris Crowley
October was the month that the credit event auction process was tested to its limits, with Lehman Brothers, Fannie and Freddie, and WaMu all undergoing settlement. Credit spoke to the strategy manager at Creditex to find out how the process bore up…
Lee Olesky
The new CEO of e-trading platform Tradeweb, who has been involved with the firm - and the modern derivatives market - since their inception, talks to Matthew Attwood
Hoax hedges
Currency derivatives
Mastering mismatches
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