Dec. 1, 2010 at 4:21 p.m.
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By Reuters
The futures regulator will miss a mid-January deadline to finalize its long-awaited plan to limit speculative positions held by commodity traders, an agency official said on Wednesday.
“At this point we’re not going to make the deadline,” Jill Sommers, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, told Reuters. “I don’t see how we make the January deadline.”
Once the CFTC introduces the rule it is required to open it to public comment for at least 30 days, review those comments, determine any revisions, then finalize it. Get the full story »
Nov. 30, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.
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By Reuters
The CBOE Futures Exchange, a subsidiary of CBOE Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday that it has changed the daily opening time for the trading of futures on the CBOE Volatility Index. VIX effective Dec. 10, pending regulatory approval. Get the full story »
Oct. 22, 2010 at 10:43 a.m.
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From Bloomberg News | Futures market CME Group Inc. will start trading on-the-run Treasury futures contracts next week that will provide investors exposure to benchmark 2-, 5- and 10-year notes.
