FIA’s annual survey of derivatives exchange volume revealed that the total number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide reached 25.22 billion contracts in 2016.
CONTINUE READINGISDA and FIA have responded to the European Commission’s feedback consultation regarding the draft equivalence decisions for financial benchmarks in Singapore and Australia under the European Benchmarks Regulation (BMR), discussing possible practical difficulties resulting from the European Commission’s suggested procedure for equivalence decisions under the BMR.
CONTINUE READINGFrom February 13-15, 2019, FIA and the SIFMA Asset Management Group hosted their annual forum, which brings together market participants from all sides of a trade to examine the latest developments in global derivatives trading and clearing, operations and regulation.
CONTINUE READINGOn 5 April, FIA commented jointly with ISDA and GFMA on the European Commission initiative on the strengthening of the role of the euro in energy markets.
CONTINUE READINGRoger Chandler, Senior Sales Engineer, Europe at Eventus Systems says more support and representation within companies and the industry is needed for young black people
CONTINUE READINGAppointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
CONTINUE READINGFIA and Europe call for clarity from ACER on future amendments to the Trade Reporting User Manuel under REMIT.
CONTINUE READINGECON members have voted in favour of Klaus Löber as chair, and Nicoletta Giusto and Froukelien Wendt as independent members of the CCP Supervisory Committee
CONTINUE READINGThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission unanimously approved an alternative compliance regime for non-US derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) by a 5-0 vote on 17 September. The rulemaking effectively defers many CFTC oversight requirements to relevant home-country regulatory regimes for foreign DCOs.
CONTINUE READINGThe new contract combines the economics of OTC equity swaps with the efficiency of listed futures
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