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The U.S. House of Representatives, following the lead of the Senate, cleared a bill that would boost the Securities and Exchange Commission's powers to prohibit program-trading during periods of volatility. The bill follows the SEC's claim in a detailed analysis of the mini-crash of Oct. 13 and Oct. 16, 1989, that "index arbitrage and other program selling significantly accelerated and exacerbated the market decline" (TST, July 16).

Meanwhile, the Chicago Board of Trade is proposing a revision

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TMX’s indexing pivot bears first fruit

The acquisition of index provider VettaFi has boosted revenues in the exchange’s analytics division, but further growth could mean taking on the heavyweight data providers like S&P, FTSE Russell, and MSCI.

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