FIA announced the appointment of seven new members to its Asia Advisory Board.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commission Delegated Regulations of 19 December 2012 supplementing EMIR were published in the Official Journal on 23 February 2013 and came into force on 15 March 2013.
CONTINUE READING“Derivatives are the highest financial life form on the planet…” was the opening of my dust jacket endorsement of Chris Culp’s recent book, Risk Transfer.
CONTINUE READINGFIA submits comments in response to CFTC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments on Antidisruptive Practices Authority Contained in Section 747 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
CONTINUE READINGAt a House Financial Services Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) raised the issue of capital requirements and how the leverage ratio could negatively impact end-users.
CONTINUE READINGIn response to the establishment of the IOSCO Task Force, which was charged with the responsibility of developing a 'tool kit' for cross-border regulatory approaches and considering the need for implementation guidance, an international group of financial service trade associations, investment banks, brokerage houses and market infrastructure operators came together to establish the Cross-Border Regulation Forum (CBRF) for the specific purpose of providing joint industry input into the work of the Task Force.
CONTINUE READINGChristopher K. Hehmeyer has seen a host of changes in derivatives markets since beginning his career as a runner on the Chicago Board of Trade's trading floor in 1977, but none of them have quite the same disruptive potential as blockchain.
CONTINUE READINGThrough technology and operational solutions, FIA helps improve the efficiency and resilience of derivatives markets
CONTINUE READINGSponsored Content: The Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) has been experiencing exponential growth in various instruments such as interest rate futures, foreign exchange, stock indices, and individual stocks. B3 strongly believes that market makers are a key mechanism to increase the liquidity in these markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting Nov. 25 in Washington, D.C., to discuss final amendments to several sections of the agency's Part 4 rules. The amendments, which passed in two separate packages, provided registration and compliance relief to certain types of commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors (CTAs).
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