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  • CME launches 26 electricity swap futures with PJM Interconnection 21 Nov 2008

    CME Group has launched 26 electricity swap futures which will be available for trading from December 8 on ClearPort, the New York Mercantile Exchange’s electronic trading and clearing system for over-the-counter derivatives.

  • CBOE re-elects Londergan, Power and Werts to board 21 Nov 2008

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange re-elected six of its 24 board directors on Thursday November 20, during its annual election.

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  • CME and ICE solutions for CDS to have different regulators 21 Nov 2008

    Ananda Radhakrishnan, director of the division of clearing and intermediary oversight at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has said the soon-to-be launched credit default swaps clearing systems from CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange will be primarily overseen by separate regulators.

  • SEC chairman calls global meeting to review short selling rules 21 Nov 2008

    Christopher Cox, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has called a meeting of the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ technical committee for Monday November 24.

  • Oil plummets 8% and may fall further 21 Nov 2008

    Brent crude oil plummeted 7.63% yesterday to $48.08 and West Texas Intermediate fell 8.42% to $49.62. Oil has been on a downward spiral since July this year, when Brent closed at a peak of $146.60 and WTI at $145.29 on July 3.

  • Carbon volumes unlikely to fall, say industry experts 20 Nov 2008

    The steady growth trend of centrally cleared carbon emissions contracts is unlikely to stop, despite recent deleveraging. Speaking at a commodities outlook seminar, senior executives said bilateral risk will continue to drive volumes onto exchanges.

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