Futures Trading Regulation
Published in December 1993
Book
224 pages
978-0-85121-966-0 (ISBN)
Description
Futures trading is a key area of the commodity and financial markets and is the subject of continuing regulatory change since the Financial Services Act 1986. Guidance on interpretation of the major rules and regulations is now more necessary than ever. This work provides thorough analysis and authoritative commentary on the law and regulation of futures trading. With it practitioners are brought up to date with all the latest developments in this area. This includes both domestic changes such as the SFA's "new settlement" rulebook, and international developments, including those in the EC, USA and Japan. Each chapter is written by a leading practitioner in the field, with coverage including: The Contractual and Fiscal Framework; Futures Regulation in the UK; Futures Trading - The Criminal Law Dimension; Futures Trading and the EC; Off-Exchange Trading; Futures Trading - Global Perspectives and much more. Providing answers to problems practitioners may face with the new rules, as well as full references to source materials, this is the most practical and thorough treatment of futures trading available to the practitioner.
Futures trading is a key area of the commodity and financial markets and is the subject of continuing regulatory change since the Financial Services Act 1986. Guidance on interpretation of the major rules and regulations is now more necessary than ever. This work provides thorough analysis and authoritative commentary on the law and regulation of futures trading. With it practitioners are brought up to date with all the latest developments in this area. This includes both domestic changes such as the SFA's "new settlement" rulebook, and international developments, including those in the EC, USA and Japan. Each chapter is written by a leading practitioner in the field, with coverage including: The Contractual and Fiscal Framework; Futures Regulation in the UK; Futures Trading - The Criminal Law Dimension; Futures Trading and the EC; Off-Exchange Trading; Futures Trading - Global Perspectives and much more. Providing answers to problems practitioners may face with the new rules, as well as full references to source materials, this is the most practical and thorough treatment of futures trading available to the practitioner.
Futures trading is a key area of the commodity and financial markets and is the subject of continuing regulatory change since the Financial Services Act 1986. Guidance on interpretation of the major rules and regulations is now more necessary than ever. This work provides thorough analysis and authoritative commentary on the law and regulation of futures trading. With it practitioners are brought up to date with all the latest developments in this area. This includes both domestic changes such as the SFA's "new settlement" rulebook, and international developments, including those in the EC, USA and Japan. Each chapter is written by a leading practitioner in the field, with coverage including: The Contractual and Fiscal Framework; Futures Regulation in the UK; Futures Trading - The Criminal Law Dimension; Futures Trading and the EC; Off-Exchange Trading; Futures Trading - Global Perspectives and much more. Providing answers to problems practitioners may face with the new rules, as well as full references to source materials, this is the most practical and thorough treatment of futures trading available to the practitioner.
Reviews / Votes
Worth reading if you want to know more about futures and options regulation.This book is probably the best recent collection of expert information on the most import aspects of legal regulation of the international futures and derivatives business. It is highly recommended to lawyers and regulators who want to keep informed about government supervision of this trade in important market centres.Do buy the book. It will surely come in handy for everyone involved in futures and it is an easy reference to the law regulating futures trading. Money WeekWorth reading if you want to know more about futures and options regulation.This book is probably the best recent collection of expert information on the most import aspects of legal regulation of the international futures and derivatives business. It is highly recommended to lawyers and regulators who want to keep informed about government supervision of this trade in important market centres.Do buy the book. It will surely come in handy for everyone involved in futures and it is an easy reference to the law regulating futures trading. Money Week
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85121-966-0 (9780851219660)
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Content
SFA Rulebook, John Bonham; fiduciary duties, Rosalind Innes; acceptable market practice, Dick Frase; futures clearing in London, Peter Ottino; futures and insolvency, Lynn Johansen; fraud and enforcement, Helen Parry & Chris Cooke; off-exchange products, Eric Bettelheim; EC law, Anthony Belchambers & William Rees; regulation and the EC, Iain Cullen; recent US developments, Jerry Markham; the US experience, Stephen Selig; futures trading in Japan, Vivienne Cassley.