Market Structure
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Washington Watch January 2014
Shortly before the end of the year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took an important step towards clarifying how it will apply its regulations to crossborder trading in swaps.
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@MARKETS January 2014
The London Metal Exchange’s LME Clear, the exchange’s selfclearing platform, chose The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation as its partner for LMEwire, a new reporting service that is scheduled to go live in early 2014 to meet trade reporting requirements under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation.
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FIA’s Lukken discusses global trends at Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum
Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, delivered remarks on global trends in derivatives markets on May 28 during the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum in Shanghai, China.
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FIA's Lukken discusses global trends at Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum
Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, delivered remarks on global trends in derivatives markets on May 28 during the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum in Shanghai, China.
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FOA Letter to Basel regarding New Liquidity Requirement to Client Cleared Derivatives
FOA Letter to Basel regarding New Liquidity Requirement to Client Cleared Derivatives
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FIA letter to Basel regarding New Liquidity Requirement
FIA submit a letter commenting on Basel's Consultative Document on the Revised Basel III Leverage Ratio Framework.
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FIA Webinar: The CFTC's Approach to Cross-Border Trading: Understanding the July 13 Exemptive Order and Its Impact on Swap Dealers and Their Customers
FIA hosted this 60-minute webinar on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's approach to regulation of cross-border trading.
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Letter to the Financial Times calling for IOSCO to take forward the dialogue on mutual regulatory recognition
Letter to the Financial Times calling for IOSCO to take forward the dialogue on mutual regulatory recognition
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FIA PTG and FIA EPTA File Joint Response to IOSCO Consultation Report on Technological Challenges to Effective Market Surveillance Issues and Regulatory Tools
The FIA Principal Traders Group and the FIA European Principal Traders Association filed a joint response to a consultation report issued by the International Organization of Securities Commissions regarding technological challenges to market surveillance. The associations agreed that surveillance tools need to change as markets become highly automated, emphasized that IOSCO should clearly distinguish between market abuse, which is illegal, and market disruptions, and provided several specific suggestions for improving market surveillance, such as enhancing and standardizing audit trails.
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FIA’s Lukken testifies before the House Agriculture Committee
On July 25, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine the recent failures of MF Global and Peregrine Financial and the implementation of Dodd-Frank.
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