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 READINGOn 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 READINGOn Oct. 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted a discussion with market participants on mandatory clearing for non-deliverable forwards.
CONTINUE READINGOn Dec. 11, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued interpretative guidance addressing an important compliance issue for U.S. brokers and market participants that do business with investment managers in Europe.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 7, 2010 issued an advisory reminding market participants of their obligations to comply with speculative position limits on an intraday basis, rather than only on an end-of-day basis.
CONTINUE READINGThe CFTC's division of swap dealer and intermediary oversight on Nov. 30 issued no-action relief to FCMs and introducing brokers that streamlines the process for providing risk disclosure statements to non-institutional customers.
CONTINUE READINGOn 28 February, FIA and ISDA (the Associations) submitted a joint response to the European Securities Markets Authorities (ESMA) consultation paper on Draft Guidelines on Anti-Procyclicality Margin Measures for Central Counterparties.
CONTINUE READINGActing CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo delivers his keynote address to FIA's 42nd Annual International Derivatives Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.
CONTINUE READINGIn this video, global exchange leaders discuss the future of clearing, the impact of capital requirements on FCMs, default management and other important clearing issues.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and SIFMA submitted a joint response to a proposal issued by the CFTC in May that would amend its chief compliance officer rules.
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