FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today applauded the career of FIA Board of Directors Chair Jerome Kemp as he announced his retirement from Citi, capping off a successful 36-year career in the futures industry—the last nine years at Citi as an FIA board member.
CONTINUE READINGFollowing the open comment period at the end of 2019, the FIA Law & Compliance Division’s Give-Up Subcommittee reviewed the comments received and further worked to revise the template EFP Agreements made available on FIA’s website.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA members strongly support the transparency objectives targeted by MiFID II/MiFIR and welcome the opportunity to respond to the ESMA consultation on its review report on the transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the trading obligations for derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGThis episode features a discussion about FinTech with Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell.
CONTINUE READINGLONDON, June 29, 2020 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) have published a set of recommendations to reform the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have published a position paper outlining their members’ concerns in relation to the settlement discipline regime under CSDR (effective February 2021), which has a number of unintended consequences for derivatives contracts, particularly regarding margin transfer and physically settled derivatives business.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) responded to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Public Hearing Notice SDM No. 9/19.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Market Technology division completed its 15th annual continuity of business and disaster resilience test on Oct. 13, 2018. A full report on the test and its findings have been released.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Market Technology division completed its 14th annual continuity of business and disaster resilience test on Oct. 13, 2017. A full report on the test and its findings have been released.
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