Under the Dodd-Frank legislation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is writing legislation that will move these so-called over-the-counter derivative trades to exchanges that use central counterparty clearing.

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In anticipation of the new regulations, DB set up a new derivative exchange-clearing unit called Markets Clearing for listed and over-the-counter derivatives for interest rates, foreign exchange, credit, commodities and equities contracts.

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