| The European Union is seeking limits on commodities derivatives and curbs on high-frequency trading as part of proposals to overhaul the region’s financial-market rules.
Today’s plans, which also include a crackdown on so-called dark pools, are aimed at reducing market volatility, increasing regulatory oversight and promoting competition. Specific measures include requiring national regulators to either cap the number of commodity derivative contracts that traders can enter into, or make “alternative arrangements” with the same effect.............................................Full Article: Source
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