The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s final rule on customer protections:
CONTINUE READINGWalt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, delivered remarks on global trends in derivatives markets on May 28 during the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum in Shanghai, China.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Principal Traders Group asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to suspend a rule change proposed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange that establishes a continuing education program for proprietary traders.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a concept release on "risk controls and system safeguards for automated trading" in the U.S. derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association today released an empirical study on changes in the level of volatility in the futures markets.
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association, the Futures and Options Association and FIA Asia are pleased to announce the completion of the final bylaw changes needed to form FIA Global, the confederation of associations that will enhance their combined global voice and reach.
CONTINUE READINGBuilding on recent FIA publications, including Market Access Risk Management Recommendations (April 2010) and Recommendations for Risk Controls for Trading Firms (November 2010), this document offers a number of recommendations for executing firms to consider both in designing policies for their own brokers that handle orders electronically and in dealing with customers that access the markets through a broker’s trading platform.
CONTINUE READINGMembers of the Futures and Options Association (FOA) voted yesterday in support of a special resolution to adopt new articles of association which pave the way for the affiliation of the Association with the Futures Industry Association (FIA) under one global structure and brand called FIA Global, and the change of name to FIA Europe.
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures and Options Association and the Futures Industry Association today announced an agreement in principle to combine their two organisations under one global structure and brand called FIA Global.
CONTINUE READINGThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and the Futures and Options Association (FOA) today announced the launch of the ISDA/FOA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum.
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