NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board released today guidance for directors of public companies to address or prevent situations where shareholders accumulate undisclosed equity stakes by means of cash-settled derivatives.
Electronic Swaps Trading Surges as Pressure for Increased Oversight of OTC Derivatives Trading Grows
JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Tradeweb, a leading global provider of regulated electronic markets, today announced that institutional trading of interest rate swaps on its multi-dealer-to-client marketplace increased by more than 71% in the first four months of the year, compared to the same period in 2009.
ATA Supports CMOC's Call for Legislative Reform of Derivatives Markets
ARLINGTON, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) strongly supports the Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition's (CMOC) call for legislative reform of derivatives markets to strengthen oversight, transparency and stability, and limit the role of financial speculation in regulated, over-the-counter and off-shore markets.
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Yesterday the coalition sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urging the Senators to "enact responsible legislation that will protect legitimate commercial hedgers and consumers from excessive speculation and systemic risk, not create new loopholes for financ...
