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Swaps between bank affiliates exempt from clearing

By Bloomberg | April 1, 2013

Barclays Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other banks will be exempt from Dodd-Frank Act rules when trading between their own affiliates.
CFTC Gensler addresses customer protections, swaps at Senate hearing

By Press Release | February 14, 2013

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler addressed customer protections and upcoming reforms to the swaps market today in a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
CFTC said to consider swap-clearing exemption for company units

By Silla Brush, Bloomberg | August 8, 2012

The CFTC may propose allowing swaps between a financial company’s affiliates to be exempt from rules designed to reduce risk.

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Education

After reviewing neural nets’ past failures and charting a course for a more modern application of the technology in the previous installment, we bring into focus the fuzzy promises of the past and build the framework for using these tools in trading.

Commodities

Cocoa falls as concern grows over bean size and quality

The flow of cocoa from western Africa is down for seasonal considerations, and traders wonder about the quality and size of the mid crop after some hot and dry weather during the growing season.