During recent market volatility caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, there have been questions raised regarding how exchange-traded futures and options could have negative prices. FIA has developed the following FAQ to help address these questions.
CONTINUE READINGA presentation on the EU CSDR settlement discipline regime and its application to cleared derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGOn Jan. 16, FIA submitted a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission commenting on a proposal by the Options Clearing Corporation to amend certain provisions of its default management rules.
CONTINUE READINGISDA and FIA sent a letter in support of the European Commission's draft equivalence decisions
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar provides an overview of the structure and functioning of the Master Regulatory Reporting Agreement (MRRA) that five industry associations co-published in December 2019 with the intention to simplify reporting arrangements across different EU regulatory regimes.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.33 billion contracts in the month of April, down 26.7% from the previous month but up 26.5% from April 2019.
CONTINUE READINGThis educational webinar provided information on the context of this move to negative pricing, as well as how and why this can occur in certain markets. FIA’s President and CEO Walt Lukken was joined by exchanges and market participants that provided valuable insight on this development/market phenomenon.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today commends the CFTC for proposing a workable and flexible rule on speculative position limits for derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGFIA submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 31 in response to a request for additional comment on the agency’s proposed position limits rule and its proposed position aggregation rule.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Commissioner Scott O’Malia will step down later this month. FIA issued the following statement in response to the announcement.
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