Contract for difference (CFD)
Archegos report details margin failings at Credit Suisse
Dynamic margining and a $150,000 software fix for ‘bullet swaps’ could have saved the bank $3 billion
UK power reforms set to make prices lower and more volatile
Market participants not doing enough to adjust to likely effects of EMR, say experts, including volatility and low prices
EMR may rescue UK renewable PPA market
UK Electricity Market Reform expected to give boost to flagging power purchase agreement market for renewable generators
UK power firms call for quick implementation of EMR
Despite worries about UK Electricity Market Reform, market participants call on government to press ahead
Single-stock futures alternative to section 871(m) withholding
Single stocks the future?
Rolling spot faces inclusion in Dodd-Frank
Forex spot is expected to be exempt from US clearing and exchange trading rules, but rolling spot could be classified as a CFD and so be included within the scope of Dodd-Frank
First person: Section 871(m) amendment favours single-stock futures
What does the future hold?
French transaction tax loophole could prompt tougher European regimes
A twist in the tale of the transaction tax
French transaction tax loophole could prompt tougher European regimes
A twist in the tale for artful dodgers
Italian budget vote brings equity derivatives tax closer
Watered down proposals include equity derivatives to avoid creating loophole, experts say
France warns on use of derivatives to evade new transaction tax
Tax adviser to the French finance minister tells Risk the country's authorities will act on "tax evasion through synthetic instruments" if necessary, as cash equity volumes fall
Tullett Prebon launches private equity hedge for Solvency II
Will reduce capital charge by at least 75%, inter-dealer broker claims
Some clarity on UK’s EMR but questions remain
UK energy companies have received clarity on some sections of the government's Electricity Market Reform but questions remain for other areas.
South African tax ruling may just be stay of execution, brokers warned
Stay of execution?
SEC freezes $32.5 million of Swiss entities' assets
Court favours insider-trading suspicions in Arch Chemicals case
New contracts for difference disclosure regime approved
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FSA acts on disclosure of contracts for difference
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A retail focus
Retail market
Open to disclosure?
Contracts for difference
FSA cracks down on CFD use
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