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Grob: Poachers turned gamekeepers 05 January 2012

Fidessa's Steve Grob responds to CME chairman emeritus Leo Melamed's defence of HFT.
Review of the year: exchange mergers 23 December 2011

In the depths of the coldest European winter for 300 years, the announcement in February of the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext sparked a storm of debate and set the scene for a deal jamboree across global exchanges. However the merger mania was soon met with the cold wind of reality as deals collapsed in the wake of protectionism and competition concerns.
War of the worlds: experts predict arms race in algorithmic trading 23 December 2011

The fungibility that regulations will deliver in derivatives markets could trigger an arms race in algorithmic trading. However, algo traders will have to reassess their strategies for the new market writes Dan Barnes.
Editorial: Are we sowing the seeds of the next crisis? 16 December 2011

If governments insist in central clearing for illiquid contracts, they must accept the consequences.

Market focus: Equity indexes in East Asia 11 November 2011

Equity index trading in East Asia is booming. Following in the footsteps of the Kospi 200 Index, the most active exchange traded derivatives contract in the world by volume, exchanges across the region are harnessing the growth of the local retail market and opening up to foreign investors.

Grob: Why Brussels was wrong on the DB/NYSE deal 04 February 2012

Did the Competition Commission misunderstand the nature of competition between Liffe and Eurex?
Casey: 2012 and the cult of inverse equity 26 January 2012

What does it say of equities that inverse ETFs have become good long-term bets? Flawed construction aside, Theo Casey notes short EURO STOXX funds gained steadily in 2011. Here he shares a short selling candidate for the year ahead.
CRD 4: Out of the frying pan and into the fire for pension funds 23 December 2011

Pension funds were about to celebrate their exemption from the costly clearing of OTC derivatives trades, when the banks pointed out the increasing costs of non-cleared trades that were heading their way finds Dan Barnes.
Review of the year: regulation 23 December 2011

2011 was intended to be the year that reforms to the derivatives industry took shape. However, it will be remembered as a year of delays and confusion as regulators struggled to get on top of complex issues within the industry, write David Wigan and William Mitting.

Johnson: The Price of "Progress" 04 February 2012

Why does Dodd-Frank offer more protection to swap traders than futures?
FOW Person of the Year: CBOE's William J Brodsky 23 December 2011

William Brodsky, chief executive of CBOE Holdings, reflects on a remarkable year for the exchange.
Johnson: The true "secret" of the Shad-Johnson Accord 23 December 2011

Philip McBride Johnson looks back on a key moment in derivatives regulation.
Review of the year: MF Global 23 December 2011

The demise of MF Global hit the futures industry like a mack-truck. Allegations that the firm used customer money to cover its own financial shortfall in its last days, has left the industry and investors without knowing who can be trusted, finds Elise Coroneos.