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Managing Pre- and Post-Trade Risk

March 2010

Regulators around the world are grappling with the issues – multiple issues, such as how best to curb excess, prevent systemic collapse and coordinate policy to avoid regulatory arbitrage ... The fear of a flight to exchange cleared products has shifted again with cleared OTC products now added to the traditional mix of bilateral OTC and exchange cleared options. In order to support this changing infrastructure, an increasing need for comprehensive pre- and post-trade risk management structures is fast emerging.

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Hedging inflation with commodities

London, March 2010

On 4 March, SG Economics Research published its latest views on inflation: “Is inflation next?”. Three main factors point to a possible return of inflation. First, supply and demand conditions appear less favourable to price stability worldwide. Second, faced with the crisis, the fight against inflation has been relegated to the background. Third, state intervention and a more protectionist backdrop are fertile ground for a return of inflation.

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Money, Macro and Markets: Sean Corrigan

Lausanne, 5 March 2010

Money, Macro and Markets: Sean Corrigan, Chief Investment Strategist, Diapason Commodities Management S.A.

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Globally coordinated action required on regulatory reform

Washington D.C., 3 March 2010

The Institute of International Finance's Market Monitoring Group (MMG), an independent forum of private-sector leaders in international finance and experienced market practitioners, today issued a statement on potential systemic risks following its regular quarterly meeting. This is in keeping with its mandate to advise market participants and policymakers of emerging vulnerabilities in the global financial system.

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Draft report on OTC derivatives market reforms

London, February 2010

Werner Langen MEP has published a draft report on over-the-counter derivatives reforms to be considered by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in its decision on how the European derivatives markets should be regulated going forward.

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Ten Trends for 2010 in Listed Options Trading & Risk Management: SunGard

Wayne, PA, 17 February 2010

Russ Chrusciel, product manager for SunGard’s MicroHedge solution for listed options trading and risk management, said, “Since the first exchange listed options were traded, options market participants have led the way in innovative techniques for pricing, risk management and arbitrage

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OTC Interest Rate Swaps and Beyond: The Path to Electronic Markets

February, 2010

Executive Summary
: The financial markets have been targeted in a series of industry reform debates involving the Obama administration, legislators, regulators, market stakeholders and the mainstream media.  Given their global size and their potential to destabilize, if not topple, major financial intermediaries, the OTC derivatives markets have become a primary focus of the international debate.

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International Review of Payment, Settlement and Clearing Systems Standards

February 2010

CPSS and IOSCO have announced the launch of an in-depth review of the current set of standards applicable to payment systems, securities settlement systems and central counterparties.

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CFTC unveils oil, gas limits; deemed light touch

Washington, 14 January 2010

The top U.S. futures market regulator unveiled its long-awaited proposal to curb speculation in oil and gas markets on Thursday, setting position limits so high they would affect only a handful of the most massive players, to the relief of edgy traders. In an effort to prevent excessive concentration in energy trading, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposals to cap the number of contracts a company can hold across exchanges. The limits were less stringent than expected and offered some exemptions for swaps dealers who hedge financial exposure, such as Goldman Sachs.

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IMF studies how to pay for financial sector rescues

London, 12 January 2010

Last September, leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) industrial and emerging market countries, meeting in Pittsburgh, asked the IMF to prepare a “range of options” for “how the financial sector could make a fair and substantial contribution toward paying for any burdens associated with government interventions” to counteract financial sector crises.

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