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Protect source code to protect innovation in markets
In our last piece on the CFTC’s proposed rules on automated trading, we explained why the Commission should focus only on risk controls in its first rulemaking on this topic.
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First things first: risk controls
Since the CFTC published their proposed rule on automated trading, dozens of comments have come in from across the industry.
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FIA PTG Quick Byte: previewing the CFTC’s rules on automated trading
In two sets of remarks this week, CFTC Chairman Tim Massad said that the Commission will likely release its proposed rules on automated trading in November.
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FIA PTG Responds to Policy Recommendations in Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market on October 15, 2014
On the anniversary of the Treasury market events of October 15, 2014, the FIA Principal Traders Group released a position paper detailing policy recommendations in response to the Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market.
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FIA PTG Quick Byte: fear of the unknown
In the New York Times’ Upshot yesterday, Nathanial Popper points out that if you analyze markets and talk to investors and academics, high frequency trading is not the problem that headlines would lead you to believe.
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What is a self-trade, anyway?
In the Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market on October 15, 2014, the authors noted that there was a higher than usual level of self-trading during the period of market volatility.
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FIA, FIA PTG and FIA EPTA send letter to U.K. FCA on MiFID II third country application for DEA
FIA, FIA PTG and FIA EPTA wrote to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on 11 September 2015 setting out their views on third country firms engaged in dealing exclusively on own account or providing services/performing investment activities outside the EU to clients outside the EU when accessing European markets through direct membership of DEA under MiFID II.
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FIA PTG Quick Byte: in treasury markets, an amplified role for principal traders
Joe Rennison’s recent article in the Financial Times highlights the increasingly important role that principal traders now play in Treasury markets.
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Quick Bytes from FIA PTG: fed governor calls for public discussion of treasury market structure
In remarks at the Brookings Institution today, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell discussed how structural changes may be affecting liquidity in Treasury markets.
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FIA PTG blog: regulations must evolve with markets
Last week, CFTC Chairman Tim Massad said that the agency is preparing to release a rule on automated trading by the end of the year.
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