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By Silla Brush, Bloomberg |
January 31, 2013
Derivatives-trading rules are facing scrutiny at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission after the country’s largest exchanges began replacing energy swaps with futures last year.
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By Silla Brush |
January 28, 2013
The CFTC is reviewing whether energy futures contracts that are replacing swaps on the largest exchanges have enough transparency before they are traded.
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By Matthew Leising |
January 24, 2013
More than half of the $18 trillion in notional daily trading of energy swaps has moved to futures exchanges from the over-the-counter market.
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By Richard Rubin |
January 24, 2013
Many derivatives would be required to be marked to market for tax purposes, under a draft proposal from Representative Dave Camp.
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January 24, 2013
Trading in options that profit if Treasury yields rise surged before the House of Representatives voted yesterday to suspend the U.S. debt limit for four months.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
Federal Reserve policy makers said they will probably end their $85 billion monthly bond purchases sometime in 2013 with members divided between a mid- or end-of-year finish.
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By Sara Forden |
December 27, 2012
The Chamber of Commerce intends to appeal a judge’s decision to uphold a rule requiring mutual funds invested in commodities to register with the CFTC.
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By Matthew Leising |
December 20, 2012
In 2001, power company executive Jeffrey Sprecher wandered the exhibits of the futures-trading industry’s annual convention with an idea nobody wanted to hear.
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By Silla Brush |
December 18, 2012
A trade group claims Wall Street’s largest banks are exposed to risks through membership in clearinghouses that must guarantee swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
A former MF Global Inc. broker pleaded guilty to federal commodities act violations after the U.S. accused him of making unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures company to lose more than $141 million.
