On May 5, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had issued an Order of Registration to Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, S.A. de C.V. (MexDer), a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) and subsidiary of the Mexican Stock Exchange located in Mexico City, Mexico.
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On November 6, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had issued an Order of Registration to ICE Futures Abu Dhabi Limited (IFAD), a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market and located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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On November 5, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) registration applications for three non-US exchanges to allow their members and other US participants to enter orders directly into their respective trade matching systems. The FBOTs receiving such approvals were: 1) Euronext Amsterdam N.V.; 2) Euronext Paris SA; and 3) the European Energy Exchange of Germany, bringing the total number of FBOTs registered with the CFTC to 21.
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On May 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting Australian Securities Exchange Limited (ASX24) registration as a foreign board of trade (FBOT). As a registered FBOT, ASX24 is authorized to permit members and other exchange participants to trade directly on its platform without having to trade through an intermediary. With this order,

On January 11, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it had issued an Order granting ICE Endex Markets B.V. (ICE Endex) registration as a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT). As an FBOT, ICE Endex may provide its members and other participants in the United States with direct access to its electronic order entry and

On October 31, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued separate Orders of Registration as a foreign board of trade (FBOT) to Eurex Deutschland, CME Europe Limited, ICE Futures Europe, the London Metal Exchange and the London Stock Exchange plc. Registration as an FBOT allows each exchange to provide direct access to the exchange’s electronic order

On June 1, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued Orders of Registration to BM&FFBOVESPA S.A. (BVMF) and Cleartrade Exchange Pte. Limited (Cleartrade), permitting the two Foreign Boards of Trade (FBOTs) to provide their identified members or other participants in the United States with direct access to their electronic order entry and trade matching systems.
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