Publications & Filings
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FIA responds to ESMA on market data
FIA responded to the ESMA Consultation Paper on draft guidelines on the MiFID II/MiFIR obligations on market data from the perspective of market data users.
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FIA comments on accessing and using wholesale market data
FIA responded to the FCA Call for Input on focused on the topic of market data from the market data users’ perspective and has been drafted with exchange-traded derivatives.
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FIA comments on SEC’s proposed order permitting portfolio margining of cleared swaps and security-based swaps
FIA filed comments supporting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed order granting conditional exemptions for the portfolio margining of cleared swaps and security-based swaps that are credit default swaps (CDS).
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Associations send letter to Commission on DTO equivalence
On December 9, FIA, ISDA and six other trades associations (the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, the Alternative Investment Management Association, the European Banking Federation, Electronic Debt Markets Association Europe, the European Venues and Intermediaries’ Association and the asset management group of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association) sent a letter requesting that the European Commission recognize the equivalence of UK trading venues for the purposes of the derivatives trading obligation before the end of the Brexit transition period.
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FIA submits response to FCA Consultation Paper on its approach to international firms (CP20-20)
On 27 November, FIA responded to the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s consultation on its approach to international firms.
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FIA and GFMA comment on China’s draft Personal Information Protection Law
FIA and GFMA wrote in support of a draft law in China to establish reasonable and proportionate mechanisms to safeguard personal information.
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FIA and ISDA respond to ESMA's "Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR"
FIA and ISDA have responded to ESMA’s consultation on their “Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR”.
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FIA supports FinCEN anti-money laundering efforts
FIA today wrote in support of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) efforts to update to the existing anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that would require covered financial institutions, which include FCMs, to maintain an "effective and reasonably designed" AML programs as informed by the institution's risk assessment and FinCEN’s national AML priorities.
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FIA recommends that CFTC not adopt supplemental proposed bankruptcy rules
FIA today filed comments with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) cautioning the CFTC against adopting a supplemental bankruptcy proposal that would establish new rules governing the bankruptcy of Systemically Important Derivatives Clearing Organizations (SIDCOs).
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FIA issues white paper on the impact of pandemic volatility on CCP margin requirements
FIA today released a white paper that examines the dramatic increase in margin requirements at derivatives clearinghouses during the first quarter of 2020 due to increased market volatility related to the pandemic.
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