Contributor: Marcus Cree
This blog post originally appeared on TabbFORUM. In the 1975 summer smash Jaws, a rogue shark terrorizes a summer town. In addition to being responsible for more aquaphobia and galeophobia (the fear of sharks) than any other film in history, it does highlight different responses to a problem. Much of the film is set onread more... read more
Contributor: Daniel Parker
As global regulators move to implement new rules designed to control the swaps markets, the world’s futures exchanges are responding with bold and innovative structural changes intended to reduce or eliminate certain regulatory burdens faced by their customers, including increased trading costs and additional expenditures associated with alternative risk management processing methods.... read more
Contributor: Tim Dodd
New regulations, such as Dodd-Frank in the U.S. and and MiFID II Europe, are focused on systemic risk and transparency. However, in the Middle East, systemic risks are typically well-contained and transparency almost entirely refers to OTC instruments which are not prevalent in the region. Consequently, the new regulations in other regions will have minimal impact in the Middle East.... read more
Contributor: Philippe Carré
Trading in the region will eventually become more attractive and accessible to overseas investors, but the panelists in Dubai implied that regulators were understandably quite cautious at present. Of more concern was the diversity of regulatory regimes throughout the region.... read more
Contributor: Eric Wicart
The ASEAN trading link announced its launch in September 2012. The link will firmly establish the ASEAN nations as an investment and trading bloc, and is also expected to attract new foreign investment to the region, as well as provide better opportunities for local capital. Local Asian brokerage firms will probably benefit most from the link. They are now in a better position to compete with major international brokerage houses to manage the inflow business coming from neighboring countries, and they will also now have outbound access to local exchanges. While international brokerages have already established their own networks and unilateral relationships at the individual exchanges, the ASEAN trading link will bring the local brokers up to speed.... read more
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