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The latest industry and regulatory news affecting North and South America.
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FIA Requests Confirmation of Interpretation of CFTC Rule 1.73 Regarding SEFs and Bunched Orders
FIA writes to the Division of Clearing and Risk on behalf of its member futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) to request confirmation of certain rule interpretations with respect to CFTC Rule 1.73.
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@MARKETS January 2014
The London Metal Exchange’s LME Clear, the exchange’s selfclearing platform, chose The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation as its partner for LMEwire, a new reporting service that is scheduled to go live in early 2014 to meet trade reporting requirements under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
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Tech Talk January 2014
On Dec. 11 FIA submitted an extensive response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s “Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading,” which was issued in September as part of a broad examination of the impact of technology on U.S. futures markets.
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FIA releases drop copy recommendations
The Futures Industry Association today released a set of recommendations for increasing the usefulness of drop copy systems in exchange-traded markets.
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FIA issues model disclosure form to assist FCMs in complying with CFTC regulation 1.71
On July 13, the FIA issued a model disclosure form to assist futures commission merchants in complying with Regulation 1.71, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule that establishes information barriers between FCMs and affiliated swap dealers and major swap participants and requires FCMs to disclose to their customers conflicts of interest in the provision of trade execution or clearing services.
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FIA special report: CFTC discusses high-frequency trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted a lengthy discussion of high-frequency trading at a public meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee on June 20.
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FIA publishes order handling Risk Management recommendations for Executing Brokers
Building on recent FIA publications, including Market Access Risk Management Recommendations (April 2010) and Recommendations for Risk Controls for Trading Firms (November 2010), this document offers a number of recommendations for executing firms to consider both in designing policies for their own brokers that handle orders electronically and in dealing with customers that access the markets through a broker’s trading platform.
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Panel provides perspectives on high frequency trading and Its overall impact on the market
The FIA Information Technology Division brought together a panel of expert practitioners on Sept. 1 to discuss high-frequency trading, explore common misperceptions about its impact on the exchange-traded markets, and explain its role in providing liquidity.
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FIA comments on regulatory responses to the May 2010 Flash Crash
The FIA on July 28 submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing its views on certain regulatory initiatives recommended by a joint advisory committee established by the two agencies in response to the market events of May 2010, also known as the “flash crash.”
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FIA PTG recommends risk controls for trading firms
The FIA Principal Traders Group today released a report setting out a number of recommended risk controls for trading firms that have direct access to exchange matching engines.
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