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  • Opening remarks at Boca 2018 by Walt Lukken

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  • Opening remarks at Asia 2017 by Walt Lukken

    When I stood here last year, we were coming to the end of a year of substantial geopolitical change around the globe with the election of a new U.S. President just a few weeks earlier, following a summer of shock in Europe when the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. 

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  • FIA receives ASAE 2017 Power of A Honors for Innovators Pavilion

    FIA has earned a 2017 ASAE Power of A Silver Award for its Innovators Pavilion, a program that showcases fintech startups providing disruptive and innovative new services to the cleared derivatives industry. 

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  • FIA Recommendations to Streamline CFTC Regulations and Enhance Market Integrity

    FIA responded to the CFTC’s call for suggestions on simplifying and modernizing CFTC rules via Project KISS today. 

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  • FIA pledges funds for recovery efforts in Houston

    FIA has a long tradition of helping our friends and neighbors in need—whether it’s Futures for Kids, the Greater Chicago Food Depository or Gifts for the Homeless.  Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, Texas and the surrounding areas. Houston is a hub for commodity production and trading, particularly energy and agricultural futures, and Hurricane Harvey hit close to home for many of FIA's members. We have more than 150 member firms and individuals based in Texas, and many are located in the Houston area.  FIA is helping the disaster recovery efforts by donating $5,000 to the Red Cross to provide shelter, meals, and comfort to families in distress.  Additionally, we will be matching our employees' charitable contributions to the Red Cross.   

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  • Amazon Web Services and Nasdaq to sponsor FIA Innovators Pavilion

    FIA is pleased to announce that Amazon Web Services and Nasdaq have signed on as sponsors of FIA’s third annual Innovators Pavilion, a showcase for fintech startups that are offering forward-thinking solutions for the global derivatives markets.

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  • FIA launches third annual Innovators Pavilion

    FIA launched the third annual Innovators Pavilion today; a showcase for fintech startups that are offering forward-thinking solutions for the global derivatives markets.

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  • FIA PTG recommends repealing order protection rule and enhancing best execution requirements

    FIA PTG sent a letter to the SEC today recommending a comprehensive reform of equity market structure and a repeal of Reg NMS Rule 610.d (the Access Rule) and Rule 611 (the Order Protection Rule).  For the past few years, FIA PTG has been advocating for comprehensive reform of equity market structure and calling for a review of the Access Rule and Order Protection Rule.  

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  • FIA PTG: Speed bumps are fundamentally incompatible with Reg NMS

    FIA PTG submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today in response to a proposal from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. (CHX) to introduce a new type of speed bump, the Liquidity Taking Access Delay (LTAD). 

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