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FOA Response to FSA's Part I CP12/22: Changes to CASS required by EMIR
The FOA is pleased that some of the suggestions it made in relation to the changes required by EMIR have been reflected in the Consultation and draft Handbook text. In particular, it is obliged to the FSA for its explicit acknowledgement of the continued use of net omnibus accounts and title transfer collateral structures.
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FIA issues guidance on systems and controls for electronic trading environments
This document supports and seeks to provide more detailed guidance on the implementation of, amongst other things, the ‘Guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment’ (ESMA Guidelines).
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FOA response to ESMA Consultation Paper on Draft Technical Standards for Regulation of OTCs, CCPs and Trade Repositories
FOA response to ESMA Consultation Paper on Draft Technical Standards for Regulation of OTCs, CCPs and Trade Repositories
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Market Abuse Regulation and Directive - Summary of Key Points
FOA has responded to:
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FOA response to Guidelines on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities
FOA response to Guidelines on systems and controls in a highly automated trading environment for trading platforms, investment firms and competent authorities
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The Financial Conduct Authority: Approach to Regulation
The FOA broadly supports the revised approach to business conduct and regulatory policy set out in FSA’s Discussion Paper, subject, however, to the principles of proportionality, balance and fairness and the other points set out in this response.
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Commodities Agreements
The Futures and Options Association (now FIA) in 2004 published the latest version of the Grid Trade Master Agreement (GTMA), which is a standard agreement for bilateral trading of UK electricity. It can be supplemented by the Options Annex to the GTMA. In 2005, the FOA (now FIA) also published a standard agreement for trading Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) in the UK – the ROC Trading Master Agreement (ROCTMA).
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