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By Steve Zwick |
April 1, 2011
Between regulatory changes and market mergers, the trader’s world is changing quickly
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By Steve Zwick |
April 1, 2011
If regulators sign off on Deutsche Börse’s takeover of NYSE.Euronext, Europe will have a megalithic futures exchange to rival the CME Group. The European Commission, however, isn’t likely to let that happen without extracting certain conditions
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By Steve Zwick |
February 24, 2011
While the Nasdaq OMX and EU carbon exchanges recently were hacked, it is not seeming to bother traders as much as some had expected
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By Steve Zwick |
January 1, 2011
The May “flash crash” sent a chill down the markets’ collective spine, but there’s still no consensus on how to deal with collateral damage from such unforeseen events. Here’s a peek inside this complex debate
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By Steve Zwick |
October 21, 2010
Asia’s most exciting futures markets are in China and India, but the most free and open financial centers are Hong Kong and Singapore. Both, however, have tended to focus on equities and shun futures — until now
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By Steve Zwick |
September 10, 2010
When the Indian government implemented a ban on sugar futures last May, BC Khatua let it happen without a fight. That seemed out of character for ...
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By Steve Zwick |
September 9, 2010
The 31st Burgenstock Meeting has kicked off in the resort village of Interlaken, and the halls this year are full of new faces representing new ...
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By Steve Zwick |
September 1, 2010
The United States has passed legislation overhauling its financial sector and the European Union is in the process of doing the same. Now the major players are doing everything they can to make those reforms work for them.
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By Steve Zwick |
June 1, 2010
It’s been five years since the EU launched emissions trading, and now it’s the fastest-growing market on the planet. Here’s how it works.
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By Steve Zwick |
June 1, 2010
A Virginian by birth, Bob Kapp’s lived in London for more than a decade and is now the senior carbon trader at Macquarie Bank, a career that began while studying government and economics at the College of William and Mary in the early 1990s.