On Jan. 16, FIA submitted a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission commenting on an application submitted by Intercontinental Exchange seeking permission for its clearinghouses in the U.S. and the U.K. to invest customer funds in French and German sovereign debt.
CONTINUE READINGFIA filed an amicus brief in the FCStone/Sentinel litigation involving the protection of customer funds that may have been moved out of futures segregated accounts.
CONTINUE READINGWashington, D.C. — Today, a coalition of associations representing agricultural producers, hedgers, and the clearing members who serve their risk-management needs responded to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff report on the residual interest deadline.
CONTINUE READINGFIA filed a comment letter with Canadian regulators on Proposed National Instrument 94-102, which proposes new requirements for customer clearing and protection of collateral for OTC swaps positions.
CONTINUE READINGLONDON, April 13, 2016 – The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), the Futures Industry Association, Inc. (FIA), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) have jointly published a statement that can be used to help market participants comply with new requirements under the European Union’s Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR).
CONTINUE READINGThe Singapore Exchange (SGX) invited comments on its proposal to enable bank affiliates of a clearing member to segregate their positions and collateral from that of the clearing member ("Affiliate Segregation").
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed re-definition of the term “fiduciary” in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is so broad that it could be interpreted to capture services provided by futures commission merchants and prevent them from executing trades for pension plans, FIA said in a July 21 letter.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe CEO, Simon Puleston Jones delivered a keynote address at FOW Post-trade event in London on 11 May. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow:
CONTINUE READINGFIA Chairman Gerald F. Corcoran testified on reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit today.
CONTINUE READINGFIA released a statement today in support of a CFTC final rule affecting certain procedural requirements for how futures commission merchants and their customers meet margin requirements.
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