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Annual trends in futures and options trading activity
More than 25 billion futures and options contracts changed hands on exchanges around the world during 2017.
CONTINUE READINGSwaps trading compliance
The FIA Law & Compliance Division webinar series continues on February 8, focusing on the latest updates on swaps trading compliance and regulations.
CONTINUE READINGCFTC’s approach to fintech
Entrepreneurs, investors, and regulators realize the incredible potential of fintech to create new opportunities for and streamline financial services businesses.
CONTINUE READINGTrading in control
The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets recently released a report on its expectations around the current and future use of internal controls for automated trading. This is an important theme for FIA EPTA and we are pleased to see that the AFM's report sets clear principles and shows the importance of industry best practice and the principles of proportionality.
CONTINUE READINGTackling the risks of algorithmic trading
Since the introduction of automated trading, much has changed in the operation of our markets: how to improve market structure and implement safeguards has been a key topic of conversation for both market participants and regulators for some time. This is why the report by the Senior Supervisor’s Group (a group that consists mostly of Central Banks) on algorithmic and high frequency trading makes for curious reading.
CONTINUE READING“Market liquidity second greatest threat to financial stability”
The Bank of England has brought to the attention of mainstream audiences a topic close to our hearts: the consequences a reduction in liquidity would have on the economy.
CONTINUE READINGDerivatives under MiFID II: Time for equal access
Verena Ross, Executive Director of ESMA, recently delivered a keynote speech to the ABA/Law Society Capital Markets Conference in London. Her speech focused on the importance of increasing transparency in MiFID II “in a manner that does not 'damage' but instead improves the functioning of the market,” making particular mention of “those instruments, such as derivatives, that are still far from being traded in a fully transparent market.”
CONTINUE READINGMarkets: the engine of the economy
With the publication of the recent Bank of England report demonstrating that high frequency trading makes pricing more accurate in the markets it seems a good time to consider not only why this is good for the markets, but why, in fact, it benefits the economy as a whole.
CONTINUE READINGPicture the financial markets in 2022: will MiFID II have improved liquidity?
t’s February 2022. MiFID II legislation has been in force for five years. Five years which have reshaped our financial market structure. How does the market look?
CONTINUE READINGFlash in the pan?
A lot can change in a year. This time last year, the publication of Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys book created something of a storm.
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