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November
After a number of false starts, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission finally voted on the long anticipated issued of position limits on 18 October, 2011.
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October
Ancient Egyptians considered gold to be divine and indestructible. Emanating from the sun it was the flesh of the gods, and the store of wealth on which the Pharaohs built their kingdoms. Three thousand years later demand for gold has reached fever pitch, but as prices soar some investors are beginning to have second thoughts finds David Wigan.
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September
High frequency trading is beginning to expand its reach beyond its traditional market sectors.
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Commodity trading in East Asia has been heralded as an almost unstoppable juggernaut. However, in 2011 commodity futures and options markets in the region look set to suffer their first year-on-year decline. Has the unthinkable happened and the market was a bubble that has now burst? Colin Packham discovers that Asia’s commodity success is far from over, but the incredible speed of growth may be checked by a slowdown in China.
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The monumental events of the first half of 2011 have impacted the way derivatives are traded. The Arab Spring, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the debt crisis in Europe, and the US debt ceiling debate and its subsequent historic credit downgrading all monumental events on their own, have converged to produce a different landscape in which large commodity derivative positions are, quite simply, out of favour, writes Elise Coroneos.
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August
We generally think of managed futures as a legitimate diversification tool for a sophisticated investor’s traditional portfolio of stocks, bonds and real estate. According to Lintner, managed futures are a very powerful tool when used to diversify the typical portfolio. It is this belief that has driven the growth of alternative investments over the last three decades.
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July
China will open up its derivatives markets to foreign investors but it will take time and the focus will be on creating a secure environment for traders, a leading Chinese regulator said this month.
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Napoleon famously described China as a “sleeping giant”, warning that once she wakes, “she will shake the world”. In terms of the derivatives industry, China is still slumbering but the global industry is eagerly awaiting her awakening.
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May
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange went live on May 18, becoming the latest new bourse to open in Asia.
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The London Metal Exchange is giving “serious consideration to the possibility of building its own clearing house” in a blow to incumbent LCH.Clearnet.
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April
Permission has been granted by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange to start operating automated trading services on May 18 that the exchange said would “link China with the rest of the world”.
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February
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