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FIA’s Damgard testifies at Dodd-Frank Hearing
FIA President John Damgard discussed some of the adverse consequences of the extraterritorial impact of the Dodd-Frank Act at a May 25 hearing of the House Agriculture Committee’s subcommittee on general farm commodities and risk management.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’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.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’s commodities members support CFTC move to delay swaps margin requirements
FIA’s U.S. Commodities members recently filed a response to the CFTC proposal relating to the implementation schedule for the CFTC’s uncleared margin rules.
CONTINUE READINGFIA files response with ESMA on the review of MiFID II Position Limits
On 8 January 2020, FIA and ISDA responded jointly to ESMA’s consultation “MiFID II review report on position limits and position management and draft technical advice on weekly position reports”.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’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.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG encourages the SEC to reject IEX Discretionary Limit Order Type Proposal
In a letter submitted to the SEC today, the FIA Principal Traders Group encouraged the Commission to disapprove the proposal.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA response to the LSE consultation on market structure and trading hours
FIA EPTA members consider that, generally speaking, the longer hours in Europe do not seem to provide a benefit to market liquidity and observe that the shorter hours in, for example, the U.S. main trading session do not hamper market liquidity.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Affiliates Respond to MiFID II Consultation
FIA, FIA Europe and FIA European Principal Traders Association have submitted two sets of responses to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s consultation on MiFID II, the overhaul of the EU’s rules for markets in financial instruments.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, AFME, BBA and ISDA note on MAR Level 2 draft technical standards
FIA joined AFME, BBA and ISDA in commenting on ESMA's Level 2 draft technical standards (DTS) on the Market Abuse Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in 2019
In March 2019, FIA unveiled a board-level Diversity Committee and an initiative addressing the importance of diversity and inclusion in our industry. The committee, chaired by board member Alicia Crighton from Goldman Sachs, includes senior representatives from FIA member firms, as well as FIA senior staff.
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