Working group output: EMIR Reportable Fields Discussion Document - 8 July 2013
CONTINUE READINGOn 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 READINGShould the CFTC decide to propose new position limits rules, we respectfully request that the Commission and Staff adopt the recommendations FIA makes below.
CONTINUE READINGOn 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 READINGAn Interview with DRW's Don Wilson and Cumberland's Bobby Cho
CONTINUE READINGLCH announced on Aug. 14 that it has introduced a new type of client account within its SwapClear service.
CONTINUE READINGIt 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 READINGToday, 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 READINGOn 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 READINGFollowing 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.
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