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Exchanges are looking to grow by sealing mergers, investing in more profitable businesses, and capturing segments of trading that have long remained out of their grasp, everything from exotic derivatives to bonds. — [LINK]

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

The Future of Exchanges Is Now.

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PREDICTALOT IS THE LARGEST PREDICTION EXCHANGE CREATED BY NUMBER OF OUTCOMES (9.2 QUINTILLION). — [LINK]

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

http://predictalot.yahoo.com/ Predictalot on FaceBook. David Pennock: I believe it’s the largest prediction market created by number of outcomes (9.2 quintillion). We’re approximating a #P-hard problem to get the odds. More here. I believe v0.3 is faster and easier to use … Continue reading →

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Businesses fear the proposals being considered by the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, would cut the long menu of futures and options contracts now available, making it more expensive or even impossible for companies to hedge their risks.

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Industries are pushing back against proposed European Union rules intended to limit the risks that derivatives may pose to the financial system.”

Posted in Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations | Tagged derivative exchanges, derivative markets, derivatives, European Union, Finance, financial exchanges, Financial Markets, Hedging, laws, Regulations, risk, risk management | Leave a comment

The heads of major exchanges offered somewhat diverging views on plans by the CFTC and the SEC to reconcile their rule books.

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The heads of major exchanges offered somewhat diverging views on plans by the CFTC and the SEC to reconcile their rule books. “A big concern shared by both exchange operators is that turf battles have slowed the approval of new … Continue reading →

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Financial Woes Change Landscape for Credit Derivatives.

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

The $55 trillion credit derivatives industry has become a focal point of government attention as financial markets work their way through the worst credit crisis since the Great Depression.

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Tom Harkin plans to introduce a bill that would force all over-the-counter derivatives, including credit-default swaps, onto regulated futures exchanges.

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Excellent.

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Nobel laureate Gary Becker and judge Richard Posner both wish that, one day, real-money prediction markets will be legal, without restrictions, in the United States of America.

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Via David Pennock of Odd Head fame – Gary Becker: [...] I believe that online political prediction markets, and other online prediction markets as well, should be legal in the United States and elsewhere, even if the amounts bet were … Continue reading →

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WE ARE BETFAIR. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- A list of the Betfair forum threads about the new premium charges. A FaceBook group has been created to protest the new BetFair premium charges. PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too?

Posted in Ethics, Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Humor, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged bet exchanges, BetFair, BetFair charges, BetFair costs, BetFair fee structure, BetFair fees, BetFair Forum, BetFair Q & A, betting exchanges, betting markets, censorship, derivative exchanges, Ethics, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, Humor, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Premium Charges, The Sporting Exchange, transaction charges, transaction costs, transaction fees | 2 Comments

With the “premium charges”, BetFair is asking the hogs to pony up. However, the collateral damage is that the concept of “exchange” is stabbed in the back.

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – - A list of the Betfair forum threads about the new premium charges. A FaceBook group has been created to protest the new BetFair premium charges. PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too?

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Business, Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Market Transaction Costs | Tagged bet exchanges, BetFair, BetFair charges, BetFair costs, BetFair fee structure, BetFair fees, BetFair Forum, BetFair Q & A, betting exchanges, betting markets, censorship, derivative exchanges, Ethics, event derivative exchanges, event derivative markets, futures exchanges, prediction exchanges, prediction markets, Premium Charges, The Sporting Exchange, transaction charges, transaction costs, transaction fees | Leave a comment

Would the traditional derivative exchanges be able to impose “premium charges”, just like BetFair have just done?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

We need Jason “VP” Ruspini‘s informed opinion on that: – - PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new â€œPremium Chargesâ€â€¦ Do BetFair gag the critics, too? UPDATE: They announce a Q&A.

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