Americas News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting North and South America.
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Carbon Trading in North America: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Getting global agreement on environmental policies is incredibly difficult. But as the history of the North American carbon market illustrates, even getting regional players on the same page is no easy task.
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FIA publishes MiFID II and MiFIR compliance brief for U.S. FCMs
FIA has created a brief to help its members understand how the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and the associated Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) may impact U.S. futures commission merchants (FCMs).
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FIA Special Report: Election aftermath - what to expect from the transition
Although the results of the Nov. 8 U.S. elections are not yet complete, all major news outlets have declared Donald Trump to be the winner of the presidential election, with Republican majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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FIA PTG comments on Treasury market structure
FIA PTG responded to the Treasury Department's Request for Information (RFI) on the evolution of Treasury market structure.
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FIA issues customer notice regarding REMIT Registration and Reporting
This document summarizes the EU Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) registration and reporting requirements, which enter into force on October 7, 2015 for certain exchange-traded energy futures and options and April 7, 2016 for certain over-the-counter energy contracts.
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FIA coordinates industry preparations for leap second event
On Tuesday, June 30, an additional “leap second” was added to realign Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with mean solar time.
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FIA Market Technology division releases leap second recommendations
The FIA Market Technology Division today published a set of recommendations to help the industry prepare for the upcoming leap second event on June 30 and reduce the likelihood of market disruption.
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FIA issues recommendations for efficient swap clearing
On Feb. 4, FIA released a set of recommendations aimed at improving important operational elements of the new clearing infrastructure for over-the-counter derivatives.
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@Markets June 2014
ConvergEx Group, a global brokerage and trading-related services provider, expanded its LiquidPoint options technology business offering of multi-leg solutions to include the NXP Dark algorithm
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