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Futures Exchanges Get Connected

MultiBroker will allow traders to choose between brokers when routing orders directly to the world’s major futures exchanges...

04.23.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

MultiBroker will allow traders to choose between brokers when routing orders directly to the world’s major futures exchanges...

Energy Companies Unprepared for OTC Regulations

On April 9, 2013, the CFTC granted last minute no-action relief from portions of the CFTC’s swap reporting rules.

04.22.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Babson Capital, an investment subsidiary of MassMutual, is approaching the upcoming mandatory clearing deadline for swaps as...

04.18.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Participants in CDOs, CLOs, derivatives, hedge funds and other alternative investments have no easy way to identify other...

04.17.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Cumulative volume on CME Group’s deliverable interest rate swap futures contracts is 242,000 since they began trading on...

04.16.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Institutional investment firms that use derivatives to hedge their exposures are busy preparing for the launch of...

04.15.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Buy side institutions are gearing up for mandatory clearing of OTC swaps, with legal documentation and operational issues...

04.12.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Collateral Issues Weigh Heavily on OTC Markets

The possibility that every OTC relationship may need collateral accounts under new regulations has driven demand for more...

04.11.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

Road to Central Clearing Lined With Potholes

As mandatory clearing for OTC swaps gets underway, the transition from a bilateral to a cleared environment entails...

04.09.2013 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

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Futures Exchanges Get Connected

Futures Exchanges Get Connected

Energy Companies Unprepared for OTC Regulations

Cleared for Takeoff

Network Helps Locate Asset Holders

Swap Futures Not an Oxymoron

Buy Side Ambivalent on Clearing

Buy Side Ramps Up for Clearing

Collateral Issues Weigh Heavily on OTC Markets

Road to Central Clearing Lined With Potholes

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