Market Conduct
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How clearing members managed market volatility
Speaking at the 2025 IDX conference, clearing members discussed how investments in operations helped many manage the impact of recent volatility spikes.
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FIA responds to SEBI consultation paper on final settlement day for equity derivatives
FIA has responded to SEBI’s Consultation Paper on the Final Settlement Day for Equity Derivatives. FIA acknowledges and supports SEBI’s stated objectives of enhancing market stability, improving predictability, and promoting orderly market functioning through a more structured approach to contract expiries.
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FIA responds to IOSCO consultation on pre-hedging
FIA and ISDA's joint letter notes the benefits of pre-hedging for derivatives market participants and the difficulty in establishing a single definition across jurisdictions and asset classes.
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FIA responds to FCA proposal on publicising enforcement investigations
FIA has responded to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s public consultation on changes to its approach to enforcement investigations. The proposed changes include the FCA publicly announcing the opening of an investigation and disclosing the identity of the subject of the investigation where it considers this to be in the public interest. FIA is concerned that the proposed approach will be detrimental to the orderly functioning of UK capital markets, with limited value to public interest.
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FIA joins industry call for adequate implementation time for REMIT II
FIA along with AFME, CMC Europe, EFET, Eurelectric, Eurogas, Europex, FESE, FIA EPTA, IOGP and ISDA has submitted a letter to European co-legislators urging them to delay the timing of the implementation of some of the obligations of the revised Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT II).
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CFTC enforcement trends - Three key issues to watch
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement is having a busy year – again. In fiscal 2022, the agency imposed over $2.5 billion in penalties on registered entities. And as it looks to close out its fiscal 2023 at the end of September, the CFTC is on track to meet or exceed that figure.
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FIA asks FERC to limit scope of communications rule
FIA has offered comments to the US Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding a proposed rulemaking that would substantially expand the scope of communications that are subject to FERC’s enforcement authority.
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DOJ enforcement priorities in commodities & derivatives markets: A discussion with DOJ leadership
During this discussion, James McDonald, Sullivan & Cromwell Partner, interviews Robert Zink, U.S. Department of Justice, Acting Assistant Attorney General (and Chief of the DOJ Fraud Section from January 2019 to August 2020), regarding DOJ’s enforcement priorities in the commodities and derivatives markets and white collar area more generally.
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CFTC enforcement update: 2020 in review and outlook for 2021
This panel provides an overview of the CFTC’s considerable volume of enforcement activity in 2020. Panelists focus on enforcement trends and developments while also recapping the busy regulatory agenda of the outgoing administration. The panel provides a look ahead to what market participants can expect from the CFTC under the incoming Biden Administration in 2021.
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Market Surveillance Guidelines
In this webinar, speakers discussed the recently published FIA Market Surveillance Guidelines and addressed requirements expected by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority relating to market abuse systems and controls that market participants are required to have pursuant to Article 16 MAR.
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