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AIMA, FIA EPTA, MFA and WFE issue a letter on short-sale bans in the European Union
The Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”), FIA European Principal Traders Association (“FIA EPTA”), Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) and the World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”) issued a letter to express our concern that current restrictions on short selling are hurting markets, disadvantaging investors and undermining the longer-term goal of building a Capital Markets Union.
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FIA EPTA comments on the FCA occasional paper “Quantifying the High-Frequency Trading ‘Arms Race’”
FIA EPTA is appreciative of the opportunity to provide an industry review and analysis of the FCA Occasional Paper No. 50, “Quantifying the High-Frequency Trading ‘Arms Race’: A new methodology and estimates” by Matteo Aquilina, Eric Budish and Peter O’Neill (“the Occasional Paper”).
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FIA EPTA response to ESMA's Consultation on Draft technical standards on the provision of investment services and activities in the Union by third-country firms under MiFID II and MiFIR
FIA EPTA members are pleased to provide feedback to ESMA on its draft technical standards on the provision of investment services and activities in the Union by third-country firms under MiFID II and MiFIR as amended by the Investment Firm Regulation (IFR).
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FIA EPTA issued two analyses of the impact of Short-selling bans
FIA EPTA researched in April 2020 on the impact of bans on short-selling in European equities indexes in March 2020 during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
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FIA opposes short selling bans
FIA and its affiliated organizations, FIA PTG and FIA EPTA, issued a following statement in response to calls for short selling bans by global policymakers.
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FIA EPTA Letter to the BaFin on short selling and market liquidity
FIA EPTA contacted the Executive Board of BaFin to register our concern regarding the safeguarding of market liquidity and orderly price formation on German and European exchanges.
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FIA EPTA letter on the European Commission consultation on a digital operational resilience framework for financial services
FIA EPTA appreciates the opportunity to respond and feed into the European Commission’s consultation on improving resilience against cyberattacks for the financial services sector.
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FIA EPTA response to the ESMA consultation on MiFID II/ MiFIR review report on the transparency regime for equity and equity-like instruments, the DVC and the trading obligations for shares
FIA EPTA supports transparent, robust and safe markets with a level playing field and appropriate regulation for market participants. We consistently support the aim of the market structure reforms laid out in MiFID II/MiFIR.
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FIA EPTA response to the ESMA consultation on the MiFIR pre-trade transparency regime for systematic internalisers (SI) active in non-equity instruments
FIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ESMA consultation on the MiFIR pre-trade transparency regime for systematic internalisers (SI) active in non-equity instruments.
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Response by the FIA European Principal Traders Association to the EBA Consultation Paper on draft RTS on revised identified staff for remuneration purposes
Principal Trading Firms are relatively small, non-complex firms with flat organization structures. Importantly, our members trade for own account and risk only, and do not hold or manage client assets or money or take deposits.
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