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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.

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

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The CFTC is seeking a bigger budget to cover ambitious plans to expand its policing of commodities markets.

The CFTC is seeking a bigger budget to cover ambitious plans to expand its policing of commodities markets.

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Financial Woes Change Landscape for Credit Derivatives.

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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Derivatives

An Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal: Consider this: The total outstanding notional amount of financial derivatives, according to the Bank for International Settlements, is $684 trillion (as of June 2008) — over 12 times the world’s nominal gross domestic … Continue reading

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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.

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

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

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