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Dodd Frank: It shouldn’t be this difficult
Washington, 22 May 2012
Remarks by CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia: We need to make our rules more black and white. We can foster cost-effective compliance by clearly articulating the purpose and desired effect of our regulatory requirements. Our objective in implementing the Dodd-Frank Act should be compliance, and not enforcement. Commercial firms utilizing the futures and swaps markets to mitigate risk should be focused on managing that risk, and not on the risk that they will take a misstep into a regulatory trap.
Forgotten Lessons of Deregulation
London, 15 May 2012
Rolling Back Dodd-Frank’s Derivatives Rules Would Repeat a Mistake that Led to the Financial Crisis.
FIA EPTA debunks HFT trading myths
Brussels, 8 May 2012
Launching its position paper on the review of the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (known as MiFID II), FIA European Principal Traders Association today addressed the misconceptions surrounding high-frequency trading (HFT).
Russia & the WTO
London, April 2012
Russia joined the WTO in December after 18 years of negotiations. Time will tell whether this proves to be a shot in the arm for free trade or whether economic imperatives will continue to take precedence over global trade agreements. John Whittaker, a partner with international commercial law firm Clyde & Co, assesses whether membership will make much difference to Russia’s economy, and looks at the likely impact on global trade flows.
Commodities: Current trends in the value chain
London, 27 April 2012
Clyde & Co has released a report analysing two years of data on mergers and acquisitions in the mining and commodities sectors, illustrating how these businesses are responding to the real and present threat of resource scarcity in the face of rising demand, by moving up and down the value chain.
LATAM: $200 bn in project opportunities
Washington, April 2012
Four countries - Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia - are driving infrastructure investment in the region, transforming the position of Latin America in the global economy. Nearly 70% of the region's investment will go into these countries. Brazil leads the pack with more than $60 billion in projects; Mexico is second with $28.3 billion; Peru comes in a surprising third at $24.2 billion; and Colombia is at $23.5 billion. The region is riding a 10 year growth spurt - Peru's growth during this period has averaged greater than 5% per year.
The Case for Transparency in National Oil Company Crude Sales
London, April 2012
The sale of crude oil by national oil companies (NOCs) generates a large share of government revenue in oil-producing countries. NOC export sales bring in more than two-thirds of total government income in countries such as Angola, Azerbaijan, Congo-Brazzaville, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Even in Mexico and Norway — both oil countries with diversified economies — export sales equal around 15 percent of the national budget. At this scale, inefficient operations, manipulations of process or the unauthorized retention of funds by an NOC can reduce the resources available for public goods and services.
Read more: The Case for Transparency in National Oil Company Crude Sales
The radical change in Asia's physical coal market
Platts, April 2012
On January 3, 2012, Platts launched a daily 7-45 day forward FOB Newcastle 5500 kcal/kg Net As Received thermal coal price assessment, the first publisher to do so. Sustained high prices on the industry standard FOB Newcastle 6000 kcal/kg NAR quality coal began to reduce demand for the spec from late 2010, as a result of many buyers being priced out of the market.
Read more: The radical change in Asia's physical coal market
Commodity Price Swings and Commodity Exporters
Washington, April 2012
How do commodity price swings affect commodity exporters, and how should their policies respond? These questions have become relevant again with the confluence of a weak global economy and the sustained buoyancy of commodity markets following the slump of the 1980s and 1990s.
Stress testing practices and supervision
London, 13 April 2012
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published a peer review of the implementation by national supervisory authorities of the Basel Committee’s principles for sound stress testing practices and supervision.
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