Final 2017 FCM Rankings & Concentration

The latest batch of FCM data has been assembled.  Lets dig in. We start with the number of FCMs that are registered, by various metrics: Showing us: The number of FCMs registered dropped by 1 firm, from 64 to 63, with the removal of ETRADE Securities (leaving just ETRADE Futures) The number of FCM’s with […]

MAS plays catch up with proposed trading obligation mandate

MAS is playing catch up and proposing to mandate trading of USD, GBP and EUR fixed float swap trades in organised markets, aligning themselves with the EU and US regulators. The proposed tenors covered are the most liquid (under 10Ys) on the respective currencies curve. However no JPY, AUD or SGD trading mandate yet. Proposed […]