FIA has issued a response to the European Commission consultation on a renewed sustainable finance strategy.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG responded to the Treasury Department's Request for Information (RFI) on the evolution of Treasury market structure.
CONTINUE READINGOn the anniversary of the Treasury market events of October 15, 2014, the FIA Principal Traders Group released a position paper detailing policy recommendations in response to the Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market.
CONTINUE READINGA block trade rule and guidance refresher and including insights into how CME Group Market Regulation is regulating block trades during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Information Technology Division brought together a panel of expert practitioners on Sept. 1 to discuss high-frequency trading, explore common misperceptions about its impact on the exchange-traded markets, and explain its role in providing liquidity.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA (together the Associations) recently responded to the European Commission’s consultation paper on the review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators under the MiFID II/R.
CONTINUE READINGFIA submitted comments to the CFTC's Market Risk Advisory Committee Climate Subcommittee on the challenges and issues related to climate change.
CONTINUE READINGThe Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”), FIA European Principal Traders Association (“FIA EPTA”), Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) and the World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”) issued a letter to express our concern that current restrictions on short selling are hurting markets, disadvantaging investors and undermining the longer-term goal of building a Capital Markets Union.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA members are pleased to provide feedback to ESMA on its draft technical standards on the provision of investment services and activities in the Union by third-country firms under MiFID II and MiFIR as amended by the Investment Firm Regulation (IFR).
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA is appreciative of the opportunity to provide an industry review and analysis of the FCA Occasional Paper No. 50, “Quantifying the High-Frequency Trading ‘Arms Race’: A new methodology and estimates” by Matteo Aquilina, Eric Budish and Peter O’Neill (“the Occasional Paper”).
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