By Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government's shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest. The data blackout comes at a particularly difficult time for farmers, who are grappling with low grain prices and uncertainty over damage to corn and soy fields from dry weather and cr ...

Parameta Solutions, the data and analytics arm of TP ICAP Group, has launched an enhanced real-time OTC oil data service designed to give market participants greater speed, accuracy, and visibility. The service aggregates exclusive live pricing from leading brokers PVM and ICAP, with data from TP set to follow later this month.For decades, the over-the-counter oil market has been hampered by opacity. Most physical and forward trades happen away from exchanges, leaving participants reliant on delayed or part ...

本周一美国总统特朗普提议，将要求公司不再以季度、而是以半年为业绩期间发布财报，声称此举既能 节省成本，又能让管理层专注公司运营。华尔街对这一提议反应不一，部分分析师认为有60%概率获得 通过，但多数市场人士担忧，这种改变会降低透明度，并增加股市的波动。 现行季度财报制度由美国证券交易委员会（SEC）于1970年推行，旨在提高1929年美股崩盘后的市场透 明度。华尔街见闻稍早提到，从程序上看，季度财报制变动并不需要美国国会支持，只需在SEC内部获 得多数票即可。目前SEC的委员中有三人都是共和党人，一人为民主党人，还有一名委员席位空缺。 TD Cowen的分析师Jaret Seiberg预计，SEC有60%的可能性推进特朗普提议的半年度报告制。Evercore ISI国际政治事务与公共政策首席策略师Sarah Bianchi表示，实施季报改半年报变更的程序可能耗时6到 12个月。 尽管SEC有可能如特朗普所愿修改已实行五十余年的季报制度，但华尔街人士对提议可能带来的负面影 响而质疑声四起。市场观察人士担心，上市公司披露财报的频率降低将削弱问责效力，增加股市波动 性。投资机构警告，更长的报告间隔将增加不确定性。 ...