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The European Central Bank launched its long-awaited quantitative easing program on March 9, four days after cutting its 2015 inflation forecast to 0%.
Regional implementation of mandatory clearing and swaps trading reforms means differences in regulatory regimes could make all the difference in the race for alpha.
Bloomberg are #1 for SEF liquidity in Q1 2015 whilst Tradeweb saw the highest overall volumes.
The prognosis for financial regulation in the US appears very poor at the moment. Here are four important questions about structural reform that need to be answered to get regulation back on track. Otherwise, we may just have to wait for the next financial disaster to prompt lasting change.
Market conditions and regulatory complexity have combined to make efficient management of collateral a critical component in a wider process of controlling trading and funding costs across the industry.
There has long been a question of whether regulatory relief should set market structure to ameliorate market deficiencies or whether competitive forces are sufficient to lead to efficient and productive markets.
According to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on March 6, the U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate slipped to 5.5%.
In testimony regarding the President’s request for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s budget for the 2016 fiscal year, Chairman Timothy Massad spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government in Washington DC.
A veteran of Wall Street, Commissioner Chris Giancarlo of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently issued a statement regarding the ongoing debate over the future of reform following comments made by CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad on the future of swaps market regulation. Commissioner Giancarlo stated:
In a speech to the DerivOps North America 2015 conference, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Timothy Massad spoke about the future of swaps market regulation.