EU and US reach agreement on derivatives trading ahead of MiFID II
Decision means banks and traders can use US venues to trade derivatives in compliance with MiFID II.
Fines follow Citi’s $25 million penalty for spoofing US treasury futures markets in January this year.
Clients were overcharged $7.8 million for clearing and exchange services, according to the CFTC.
CFTC’s Timothy Massad outlines the challenges the UK faces ahead of clearing equivalence negotiations after Brexit.
Societe Generale failed to report FX swaps following a system update error.
Regulators have signed a memorandum of understanding to support companies based in the UK and US.
Barclays fined $500,000 for failing to produce confirmations on over a thousand trades.
CFTC in the US has found Deutsche Bank had shown an inability to comply with swap reporting requirements.