Market Conduct
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FIA releases surveillance and market abuse guidelines
London, UK – FIA today released new guidelines to assist market participants in fulfilling obligations set by UK and European regulators in relation to surveillance and market abuse requirements.
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Stop Market Manipulation
This past March, a group of venture capital firms and banking organizations led by BNP Paribas invested $30 million into Digital Reasoning, a privately held company based in Nashville that is emerging as one of the leaders in using artificial intelligence to analyze human communications.
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Enforcement Trends: CFTC Fines Bank of Tokyo for Spoofing but Rewards Bank for Cooperation
On Aug. 7, the CFTC announced a settlement with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for engaging in "multiple acts of spoofing" in interest rate futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Compliance collaboration
SGX Launches Initiatives to Address Spoofing and Other Market Misconduct
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FIA seeks clarification on FERC reporting rule
On Sept. 19, FIA filed a comment letter with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency that oversees U.S. wholesale markets for physical power and natural gas, seeking clarification about the scope of a proposed rule aimed at strengthening FERC’s ability to prevent market manipulation.
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FIA submits Market Abuse Regulation response
FIA submitted its response jointly with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association to ESMA’s consultation on guidelines on information required or reasonably expected to be disclosed on commodity derivatives markets or related spot contracts under Art 7 (5) of the Market Abuse Regulation.
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FIA, AFME, BBA and ISDA respond to FCA handbook changes relating to MAR
FIA today submitted its response, along with Association for Financial Markets Europe (AFME), British Bankers Association (BBA) and International Swaps and Derivatives Association, to FCA's consultation paper on changes to the Handbook relating to implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation.
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FIA, AFME, BBA and ISDA note on MAR Level 2 draft technical standards
FIA joined AFME, BBA and ISDA in commenting on ESMA's Level 2 draft technical standards (DTS) on the Market Abuse Regulation.
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Risk Controls
Two leading international derivatives exchanges are planning to introduce a new type of risk control later this year to prevent a market participant from inadvertently trading with itself.
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FIA Webinar: ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Canada Disruptive Trading Practices
Representatives from ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Canada gave a presentation and answered questions regarding recent changes to ICE Futures US and ICE Futures Canada rules governing disruptive trade practices.
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