FIA Europe has published a report (see below) which sets out the views of the exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) industry regarding the reporting of valuations and collateral data under EMIR.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today recommended changes to separate, but similar, CFTC rule proposals that would govern U.S. customer access to foreign clearinghouses.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today announced that Mary Ann Burns, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will be leaving FIA at the beginning of July to head marketing and distribution for the craft brewery owned by her family.
CONTINUE READINGFIA 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.
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