| Planned EU regulations on position limits in commodities are fuelling intense debate about whether the move could prompt traders to flee to Asian markets, further hurting European liquidity and potentially hurting economic growth.
Restrictions on banks and capital requirements has already subdued enthusiasm for commodity trading. The new rules aimed at stopping abuses of pricing power on commodity markets will encompass position limits, or curbs on how much one trading house can hold of a specific commodity, possibly on thousands of futures contracts...............................................Full Article: Source
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