[Ferro-Alloys.com] Reuters reported that new regulation is likely to deter US investors in iron ore swaps from using the Singapore Exchange, the leading clearer of the product, scattering business to other exchanges and reducing liquidity in this fledgling market.

This could be concerning for the young but fast growing iron ore derivatives market which has only recently started to attract more US based hedge funds.

US regulator The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken the position that all clearing houses that clear swaps for US customers must be registered with the CFTC as designated clearing organization.

 

Brokers said that as the Singapore Exchange has not registered, the CFTC advised that US customers were not permitted to add any new positions on SGX AsiaClear, starting from October 15th 2012.