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  • People news - June/July 2023

    Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry

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  • IDX highlights DEI in the financial services industry

    Clare Black, managing director at Streets Consulting, moderated a panel at FIA’s International Derivatives Expo (IDX) on 21 June titled Driving the DEI Agenda: How to Make a Real Difference in Your Organisation. Founder and Chair of the UK’s Black Talent Charter Harry Matovu KC and Deputy CEO at Leadership Through Sport & Business (LTSB) Pete Ward weighed in on DEI initiatives relating to two key issues: race and social mobility. 

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  • CFTC committee discusses market risk issues

    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a meeting of its Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) on 10 July, discussing wide-ranging issues including CCP risk and governance, interest rate benchmark reform, market structure issues, and climate-related market issues.

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  • CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee announces leadership and workstreams  

    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee held a meeting on 27 June outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. It marks the third EEMAC meeting under the sponsorship of CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger. 

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  • Liquidity and margin concerns top areas of market evolution

    Industry leaders at FIA's IDX conference acknowledged the continued resilience of global derivative markets amid recent disruptions, but noted several new areas of improvement and opportunity as the industry looks to the future with a focus on market liquidity. 

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  • EU-UK MoU to boost dialogue on CCP equivalence decisions

    The recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between UK and the EU financial regulators is a step forward in improving coordination between the two sides and could pave the way for discussions on "thornier" issues such as equivalence, said panellists at FIA's International Derivatives Expo.

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  • ABN Amro’s Booij completes cycle challenge for Futures for Kids

    The 425km cycle ride from Amsterdam to London caps off a month of fundraising initiatives by the futures industry including the FFK Fun Run.

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  • People News – May/June 2023 

    Appointments, promotions, and other people news in the derivatives industry

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  • US House debates granting CFTC spot digital asset oversight

    The US House Committee on Agriculture, which has federal oversight over the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, held a hearing on 6 June titled "The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for Digital Asset Spot Markets."

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  • CFTC approves updated DCO governance rules

    The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting on 7 June where it unanimously approved a final rule on governance requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations (DCOs), which updates information requirements associated with customer funds and futures and swaps positions in the same account. The CFTC also advanced an item related to DCO recovery and resolution planning.

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