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FIA Boca 2012
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Jeremy Grant and Hal Weitzman report from the 37th International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida where regulators, executives and customers are gathering to discuss the key issues and trends affecting the futures and options industry
Boca Beat: Change essential to futures industry
The upcoming retirement of the FIA president is overshadowed by the need to change the futures business that has evolved rapidly evolved in the pas 30 years
HKEx to launch commodity derivatives
Exchange taps into need for companies and traders to hedge price swings of resources such as metals
US to pursue customer fund protection
Congress will propose legislation to strengthen the protection of customer funds in a bankruptcy of a futures broker, says a Washington regulator
LCH.Clearnet plans swaps margining
LCH.Clearnet heats up battle with CME Group by following its rival in expanding its clearing arrangements and launching swaps margining
Interview: Newedge saw MF Global red flags
Newedge began cutting ties with MF Global months before its collapse after spotting red flags in public information, its chief executive says
Eurex and Singapore Exchange to link centres
The move is another sign of the co-operative deals that some exchanges are striking to boost trading volume in their most widely traded contracts
CME launches portfolio margining for swaps trades
The US exchange is rolling out its anticipated portfolio margining system for interest rate swaps trading, aiming to reduce the cost of trading swaps
MF Global collapse shadows futures meeting
The Futures Industry Association’s annual conference was set to be a somewhat introspective affair before CME announced Craig Donohue‘s departure
Donohue to step down as CME chief
The futures exchange’s chief executive will leave his job at the end of the year in a bid to restore market confidence after MF Global’s collapse
Hong Kong to bolster its clearing house
First sign industry trying to ensure the financial robustness to deal with demands of new wave of regulation
