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Special Report: CFTC moves forward on swap rulemakings
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting to discuss two rules and a request for comment related to swap markets.
CONTINUE READINGAggregation of Positions and Bona Fide Hedging Transactions
Should the CFTC decide to propose new position limits rules, we respectfully request that the Commission and Staff adopt the recommendations FIA makes below.
CONTINUE READINGAlert: CPMI-IOSCO and FSB Propose Guidance on CCP Resilience, Recovery and Resolution
On Aug. 16, three high-level groups of regulators issued a coordinated package of reports aimed at strengthening the safety and resiliency of derivatives clearinghouses worldwide.
CONTINUE READINGMaking Markets in Bitcoin
An Interview with DRW's Don Wilson and Cumberland's Bobby Cho
CONTINUE READINGCollateral Direct
LCH announced on Aug. 14 that it has introduced a new type of client account within its SwapClear service.
CONTINUE READINGAnnual Volume Survey - 9,899,780,283 Contracts Traded
It seems fitting to pause at the mid-point of the decade to reflect on what has happened. It’s been a remarkable period for the futures and options business.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and FIA PTG oppose overly prescriptive regulation of automated trading
Today, in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking regarding Regulation AT, FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) submitted comments opposing overly prescriptive regulation of automated trading.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and GFMA submit feedback on proposed QCCP extension
On 15 November 2016, FIA and GFMA jointly submitted supportive feedback on the European Commission’s published Draft Implementing Regulation and feedback request on the extension of transitional period related to own funds requirements for exposure to CCPs in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA call for standard approach to hedging exemption definitions in EU
Following the decision by the European Parliament and the Council to opt in favour of mandatory position limits whose calibration shall be determined by ESMA through regulatory technical standards, FIA Europe (formerly FOA) and ISDA called for a standard approach to hedging exemption definitions as applied under MiFID Article 59.
CONTINUE READINGAnti-Money Laundering: FIA Asks CFTC for No-Action Letter on Customer Identification
The Futures Industry Association, on behalf of its member firms and similarly situated futures commission merchants and introducing brokers (each, a “Firm”), respectfully requests the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission”) to confirm that it will not recommend that the Commission initiate an enforcement action against a Firm, if the Firm, in complying with its obligations under the customer identification rule (“CIP Rule”), relies on certain commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”) to perform elements of the Firm’s customer identification program notwithstanding that such CTAs currently are not subject to an anti-money laundering program rule under 31 USC 5318(h) (“AML Rule”) for the purposes of paragraph (b)(6) of the CIP Rule.
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