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CFTC seeks to exempt commods pools from some regs
Category: Commodity News/Power & Energy Commodity News
Washington, 8 September 2010 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday proposed exemptions from certain rules for operators overseeing commodity exchange-traded funds. The CFTC ...
Thursday, 09 September 2010 -
France leads charge on commodities rules reform
Category: Commodity News/Commodity News
Source: Financial Times, 8th September 2010 Moves by Paris to reform commodities rules could shape the way these raw materials are traded in London, home of Europe's largest commodities exchanges. Read ...
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 -
US energy sector presses CFTC for swaps guidance
Category: Commodity News/Power & Energy Commodity News
London, 2 September 2010 A group of U.S. energy companies is pressing the U.S. futures regulator for guidance on how they can apply for a temporary exemption from new rules that will regulate over-the ...
Thursday, 02 September 2010 -
France steps up tougher rules campaign
Category: Commodity News/Commodity News
Source: Financial Times, 31st August 2010 France stepped up its campaign to overhaul commodities oversight in Europe, urging the European Commission to implement comprehensive regulation of raw materials ...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 -
EU's carbon offset limits: a boon for brokers?
Category: Commodity News/Environmental Markets & Commodities
London, 30 August 2010 New European Union proposals to limit the use of industrial gas carbon offsets in its emissions trading scheme from 2013 could be a boon for reeling carbon brokers as exchanges ...
Monday, 30 August 2010 -
China clean energy plan hinges on coal price
Category: Commodity Reports/Power & Energy Commodity Reports
Beijing, 30 August 2010 China's $736-billion push to harness nuclear, wind, solar and biomass energy hinges on making the cleaner fuels competitive with cheap and CO2-intensive coal without derailing ...
Monday, 30 August 2010 -
Newedge welcomes EU derivative reforms
Category: Commodity News/Commodity Portfolio Management News
Paris, 30 August 2010 Newedge Group, a global leader in multi-asset brokerage and clearing, supports the European Commission’s legislative proposals to reform the OTC derivatives market, and recently ...
Monday, 30 August 2010 -
Canada takeover laws make Potash easier to snare
Category: Commodity News/Agriculture & Softs Commodity News
London, 27 August 2010 Canada's takeover rules make Potash Corp of Saskatchewan easier to snare. Weaker protections for minority shareholders and stricter limits on poison pill defences should aid BHP ...
Saturday, 28 August 2010 -
CME Group to launch new coal contracts
Category: Commodity News/Power & Energy Commodity News
London, Chicago, 24 August 2010 CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for four new swap futures and options ...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 -
CDM reservations: IETA
Category: Commodity News/Environmental Markets & Commodities
London, 24 August 2010 From the office of Henry Derwent, President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association: Dear Commissioner Hedegaard, This letter draws your attention to some ...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 -
California's Solar Lead
Category: Commodity News/Power & Energy Commodity News
Houston, 18 August 2010 The renewable movement has gotten the green light. Now it's a matter of crafting the right policies to ensure that projects get built in a cost-effective and consumer-friendly ...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 -
US CFTC withdraws energy limits, plans new rule
Category: Commodity News/Power & Energy Commodity News
London, 18 August 2010 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday it has formally withdrawn its proposed rule on energy position limits as it prepares to issue broader curbs on speculation ...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 -
Extreme weather unlikely to help climate talks
Category: Commodity News/Environmental Markets & Commodities
Oslo, 18 August 2010 Extreme weather in 2010 will spur more strident calls for action to combat global warming but is unlikely to break a deadlock at U.N. climate talks about sharing the burden between ...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 -
CFTC's Sommers: position limit deadline poses risk
Category: Commodity News/Commodity Portfolio Management News
Washington, 13 August 2010 U.S. regulators run the risk of setting commodity market position limits too low or too high because the deadline for the curbs comes before they will be able to assess the ...
Monday, 16 August 2010 -
Analyzing Coal's Future
Category: Commodity Reports/Power & Energy Commodity Reports
Houston, August 2010 Carbon capture could become commercial within 10-15 years. And while it holds the potential to significantly cut heat-trapping emissions, it may be noticeably more expensive than ...
Thursday, 12 August 2010 -
TOCOM allow foreign commodity brokers to trade through intermediaries
Category: Commodity News/Commodity News
Tokyo, 10 August 2010 Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) today announced that the Exchange enabled Foreign Commodity Brokers to participate in its market through Intermediaries and amended its Market ...
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 -
The Uncertainty Principle – Part III
Category: Commodity News/Commodity Portfolio Management News
... As for the so-called, Volker Rule, which would have gone a long way to protect the public from the costs of a future crisis, the Dodd-Frank Bill adopted only a watered down version. And finally, the Bill ...
Saturday, 07 August 2010 -
Leading the Smart Grid Charge
Category: Commodity Reports/Power & Energy Commodity Reports
Houston, August 2010 The transformation may now be gradual. But it will gather steam and change the way utilities produce and deliver their electricity. If done properly, the smart grid that enables ...
Saturday, 07 August 2010 -
CFTC's Chilton sees broader position limit rule
Category: Commodity News/Commodity Portfolio Management News
Washington, 29 July 2010 A new speculative position limit regime will also apply to metals and soft agricultural commodities, a top official at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission told Reuters Insider ...
Friday, 30 July 2010 -
The SEC Gets Busy Early in Implementing Dodd-Frank
Category: Commodity News/Commodity News
New York, 29 July 2010 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be affected more than any other federal agency or regulator by the Dodd-Frank Act. Under the new law, the SEC will be required ...
Thursday, 29 July 2010