derivatives links

major economic indicators

• US employment situation
• US retail sales
• US durable goods orders
• institute for supply management (ISM) manufacturing survey
• US comsumer price index (CPI)
• US producer price index (PPI)
• yield curve
• Japanese takan survey
• Japan Tertiary Industry Activity Index (第３次産業活動指数)
  The index tracks economic output in 11 service industries, including utilities, transport, telecommunications, wholesale and retail, finance and insurance, real estate, restaurants and hotels, medical, health care and welfare.

australia

• Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA)
• federal court of australia
• ASIC australian securities and investments commission

canada

england & wales

• Judiciary of England and Wales
  good source of UK court judgments, speeches and other publications
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office
  http://www.hmso.gov.uk
• Financial Services Authority
  http://www.fsa.gov.uk/
• Financial Markets Law Committee
  http://http://www.fmlc.org/index.html

hong kong

• Hong Kong Official Biligual Legislation Website
  http://www.justice.gov.hk/Home.htm
• Securities and Futures Commissions
  http://www.hksfc.org.hk/eng/html/
• Hong Kong Judiciary
  Online Hong Kong cases and other judicial information
• ibk-lawyers.com
  an absolutely delightful new web magazine!

iceland

india

us

• securities lawyer's deskbook
  a delightful online resource
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Securities Law Website
  http://www.sec.gov/about/laws.shtml
• CourtWeb
  Online US cases
• New York State Law Reporting Bureau
• US courts

others/non-legal

• The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc
  http://www.isda.org/index.html
• ISDA CDS Standard Model
• QuantLib (a free and open-source library for quantitative finance)

commodity exchanges

• Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
  http://www.cbot.com/
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
  http://www.cme.com/
• Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
  http://www.cboe.com/
• New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)
  http://www.csce.com/
• New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
  http://www.nymex.com/
• Brasil Futures Exchange
  http://www.bmf.com.br/
• London Metal Exchange
  http://www.lme.co.uk/
• London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE)
  http://www.liffe.com/
• International Petroleum Exchange
  http://www.ipe.uk.com/
• Euronext
  http://www.euronext.com/
• Singapore Commodity Exchange
  http://www.sicom.com.sg/
• Singapore Mercantile Exchange
  http://www.simex.com.sg/
• Hong Kong Futures Exchange
  http://www.hkfe.com/
• Sydney Futures Exchange
  http://www.sfe.com.au/
• South Africa Futures Exchange
  http://www.safex.co.za/
• Tokyo Commodity Exchange
  http://www.tocom.or.jp/index.html