{"id":530152,"date":"2010-04-16T18:15:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T22:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledgeproblem.com\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2010-04-16T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T22:15:32","slug":"cftc-approves-box-office-futures-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/530152","title":{"rendered":"CFTC approves box office futures market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael Giberson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veriana.com\/images\/stories\/pdf\/trendex_cftc_approval-_final11.pdf\">CFTC approved Media Derivatives Inc.&#8217;s request to create a futures exchange<\/a> based on box office receipts. \u00a0The exchange &#8220;is primarily focused on the development of a variety of products to benefit the entertainment industry with one if its initially proposed products being designed to help mitigate risk and enhance the successful financing of motion pictures through trading of opening weekend domestic box office receipts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>See also reports at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303491304575188363546440820.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/entertainmentnewsbuzz\/2010\/04\/box-office-futures-market-gets-key-approval-from-government.html\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Media Derivatives&#8217;s Trend Exchange market is one of two similar proposals that have been submitted to the CFTC for approval. \u00a0The other proposal has been submitted by Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street investment and brokerage company, which acquired play-money site Hollywood Stock Exchange a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6709\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/knowledgeproblem.wordpress.com\/6709\/\" \/><\/a> <a 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