Americas News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting North and South America.
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CFTC increases transparency, reopens comment on capital requirements for swap dealers
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission acted on Dec. 10 to reopen the comment period on a 2016 proposal regarding capital requirements for swap dealers. Two of the CFTC's five commissioners opposed the move, however, calling instead for a more thorough rulemaking process.
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CFTC codifies relief for CPOs and CTAs, harmonizing rules with SEC
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting Nov. 25 in Washington, D.C., to discuss final amendments to several sections of the agency's Part 4 rules. The amendments, which passed in two separate packages, provided registration and compliance relief to certain types of commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).
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FIA commends final rule on the standard for calculating the exposure amount of derivatives contracts
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today released the following statement on the recently finalized rule on implementing the standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative contracts.
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FIA recommends changes to CFTC foreign swaps proposal
FIA today recommended changes to separate, but similar, CFTC rule proposals that would govern U.S. customer access to foreign clearinghouses.
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FIA recommends changes to CFTC Non-US CCP Proposals
Washington, DC—FIA today recommended changes to separate, but similar, CFTC rule proposals that would govern U.S. customer access to foreign clearinghouses.
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Photo Gallery - FIA SIFMA AMG Forum 2019
Photos from the Fifth Annual Asset Management Derivatives Forum on February 13-15, 2019, at The Montage in Laguna Beach. The annual Asset Management Derivatives Forum brings together market participants from all sides of a trade to examine the latest developments in global derivatives trading and clearing, operations and regulation. The Forum presents a unique opportunity to connect investors with market expertise in over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives, attracting attendees from the joint membership of FIA and SIFMA AMG.
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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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Better Data
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight on July 10 launched a comprehensive review of its swap data reporting regulations and invited input from entities involved in swaps reporting. The CFTC said the review has two goals: 1) to ensure that the CFTC receives accurate, complete and highquality data on swaps transactions for its regulatory oversight role; and 2) to streamline reporting, reduce the messages that must be reported, and "right-size" the number of data elements that are reported. The CFTC also provided a "roadmap" for the review process. The first tranche of rule changes will address swap data repository operations and the confirmation of data accuracy by swap counterparties. The second tranche will address reporting workflows generally, including standardization of data fields and potential delayed reporting deadlines.
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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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Rule 1.31
In January, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a proposal to update and modernize Rule 1.31, which sets out certain recordkeeping requirements for futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, trading firms that are exchange members, and other market participants.
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