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CFTC's Sommers announces resignation
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that Commissioner Jill Sommers will leave the agency after five years of service.
CONTINUE READINGAllison Lurton joins FIA as Deputy General Counsel
The Futures Industry Association is pleased to announce that Allison Lurton will join the association as senior vice president and deputy general counsel, starting Jan. 14.
CONTINUE READINGFIA publishes Regulatory Patch as part of its Terms of Business Update Project
In conjunction with its members and Clifford Chance, FIA has been working on the Terms of Business Update Project, which is designed to update the Modules of the 2011 versions of FIA’s Professional Client Agreement, Wholesale Client Agreement and Retail Client Agreement to reflect in-scope regulatory developments.
CONTINUE READINGFIA special report: CFTC discusses high-frequency trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted a lengthy discussion of high-frequency trading at a public meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee on June 20.
CONTINUE READINGFIA establishes Task Force to respond to MF Global
The Futures Industry Association announced today that it has established a special committee to address issues related to the bankruptcy of MF Global.
CONTINUE READINGFIA issues statement regarding MF Global
The Futures Industry Association issued the following statement in response to the events involving the bankruptcy of MF Global.
CONTINUE READINGFIA comments on regulatory responses to the May 2010 Flash Crash
The FIA on July 28 submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission expressing its views on certain regulatory initiatives recommended by a joint advisory committee established by the two agencies in response to the market events of May 2010, also known as the “flash crash.”
CONTINUE READINGFIA testifies at Senate hearing on Dodd-Frank implementation
FIA President John Damgard provided members of the Senate Agriculture Committee with the FIA perspective on the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act at a hearing on June 15.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Principal Traders Group issues statement on the joint CFTC-SEC Report on the events of May 6, 2010
The FIA Principal Traders Group today issued the following statement regarding the publication by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission of their joint staff report on the market disruption that occurred on May 6, 2010.
CONTINUE READINGSpecial Report: U.S. politicians take differing views on high frequency trading
Several members of the U.S. Congress engaged in further debate during the month of August over the role of high-frequency trading in the U.S. equity markets.
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