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  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Intercontinental Exchange
    ICE to shift EU carbon trading from London to Amsterdam

    €1bn-a-day market is latest to move away from UK in wake of Brexit

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Nasdaq’s Nordic clearing house hit with fine over 2018 trader blow-up

    Swedish regulators issue $36m penalty after investigation uncovered ‘serious deficiencies’

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Oil
    CFTC report into negative oil price stops short of naming culprits

    US regulator says plunge below $0 in April is ‘not a super-simple story’

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    US financial regulation
    US regulators step up battle with spoofing

    Heavy fine for JPMorgan is a warning sign to other banks

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    The Commodities NoteIlia Bouchouev
    Saudi Arabia and La-La Land

    The kingdom is grappling with speculators and algorithms dominating futures trading

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    Derivatives
    US regulator welcomes water futures as tool to manage climate risk

    CFTC commissioner hails derivatives launched last week on Chicago’s futures exchange

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    US futures exchanges target retail investors with ‘mini’ contracts

    New products come after rising stock markets lift notional value, and therefore fees, of popular bets

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Financial services
    ED&F Man agrees debt restructuring in eleventh-hour rescue

    Centuries-old brokerage had struggled to sell assets to raise much-needed cash

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    SEC puts US Oil Fund on notice over investor disclosures

    Regulator’s staff likely to recommend action over fund’s manoeuvres as crude prices crashed in spring

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 11 June, 2020
    Markets
    Airbus set to drop plans for derivatives trading market

    Skytra due to be venue for airline industry to hedge against volatile ticket prices

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    Oil
    Brokers shun oil ETF providers over regulatory risks

    Retail investors have been caught out by abrupt swings in oil prices

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Commodities
    Oil volatility sparks debate on big commodities bets

    CFTC proposes looser rules on position limits for speculators in spite of recent turmoil in crude market

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
    Oil futures
    CFTC warns on return to negative oil prices

    US regulator urges market infrastructure providers to brace for future sub-zero drops

  • Monday, 27 April, 2020
    Oil futures
    US crude prices tumble as largest oil ETF cuts stake

    West Texas Intermediate settles 25% lower a week after sub-zero dive

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    News in-depthOil
    Oil world zeroes in on Cushing, Oklahoma

    Dramatic crude plunge this week put the humble storage hub in the spotlight

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
    Derivative exchanges
    Marex puts trading restrictions on oil futures after market rout

    Broker to raise margin requirements and ‘restrict’ new positions in June contracts

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2020
    Oil
    Interactive Brokers takes $88m hit from crude futures collapse

    Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    Oil
    Largest oil ETF revamps portfolio after market chaos

    USO scales back holdings of benchmark June futures contract that had become 24% of market

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2020
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    Can the USO fund collapse? 

    As the United States Oil Fund suspends creations, we analyse the possible consequences for oil markets and USO investors.

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
    Samsung shares create Korea headache for US investors

    Change in Kospi 200 composition prompts US venues to suspend related derivatives

  • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
    ABN Amro
    ABN Amro takes $200m hit from failure of a single client

    Dutch bank was forced to close out positions at substantial loss

  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    News in-depthMarkets
    The week the world changed: how a markets wobble turned to mayhem

    Five days that brought the post-crisis bull run to an end — and left investors fearing what comes next

  • Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
    Capital markets
    ‘Intense’ trading sends exchange volumes to record

    Platforms report soaring activity after coronavirus outbreak spooks investors

  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2020
    Tail RiskPhilip Stafford
    Coronavirus and politics wake up sleepy markets

    Vix index suggests US election will replace contagion crisis as chief investor worry

  • Saturday, 15 February, 2020
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission USA
    US judge slams CFTC over market manipulation settlement

    Mondelez and Kraft Heinz sought to hold US regulator in contempt of court after public statements

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