Americas News
The latest industry and regulatory news affecting North and South America.
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New Options for Energy Clearing
On Sept. 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order granting Nodal Clear registration as a derivatives clearing organization. The order clears the way for Nodal Clear to provide clearing services for financially settled futures and options on futures executed on or through its affiliate, Nodal Exchange.
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Owner vs. Member
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 10 issued an order lifting a stay of approval on the OCC’s plan to raise additional capital and a second order initiating a review of the approval.
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Cybersecurity: NFA Sets Standards
The National Futures Association, the U.S. futures industry’s self-regulatory organization, has drafted standards that all NFA members will need to apply in protecting themselves from the risk of unauthorized access or attacks on their information systems.
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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 request to modify and extend OCR No-Action relief
FIA sent a letter to the CFTC requesting a modification and extension of the current no-action relief for Ownership and Control Reports Implementation Reporting Requirements. The full letter is available here, and the text follows.
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Mandatory Trading
The CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight held a public roundtable on July 15 to discuss the “made available for trade” process for determining which swaps should be subject to the CFTC’s mandatory trading requirements.
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Global Derivatives Reform
On July 24 the Financial Stability Board, the international body that coordinates financial sector reforms under the authority of the Group of 20 nations, published its ninth progress report on the global implementation of derivatives market reforms.
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Red October
U.S. regulatory agencies issued a joint report in July on their analysis of an extraordinary wave of trading in the Treasury market on Oct. 15. On that day, the prices of Treasury bonds and Treasury futures made a very large swing in just 12 minutes, with no obvious catalyst, prompting widespread concern about the potential for further volatility.
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An invitation from Walt Lukken - we want to hear from you
In the world of futures and cleared derivatives, relevant, timely and reliable data is vital in making smart decisions. This holds true for FIA’s own operations and decision-making as it pertains to supporting our loyal members. As such, I am pleased to announce that FIA is undertaking an in-depth engagement with our members to better understand how we can continue to evolve and serve you in a rapidly changing and globalizing industry.
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