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Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020
FIA today released yearly statistics that show the total number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide reached a record level of 46.77 billion contracts in 2020, up 35.6% from 2019.
CONTINUE READINGCFTC enforcement update: 2020 in review and outlook for 2021
This panel provides an overview of the CFTC’s considerable volume of enforcement activity in 2020. Panelists focus on enforcement trends and developments while also recapping the busy regulatory agenda of the outgoing administration. The panel provides a look ahead to what market participants can expect from the CFTC under the incoming Biden Administration in 2021.
CONTINUE READING2020 annual trends in futures and options trading
2020 was a record-breaking year for trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets, with both volume and open interest reaching all-time highs.
CONTINUE READINGMay 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $678 billion in average notional value per day during May 2020. This month had the lowest amount of trading so far in 2020. Trading was down in every category except in the non-forward rate agreement sector.
CONTINUE READINGSpecial Report Series: Investor Protection Under MiFID II
This Special Report is the fifth in FIA and FIA Europe’s series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (“ESMA”) consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II”) and the new Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (“MiFIR”).
CONTINUE READINGApril 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $823.7 billion in average notional value per day during April 2020. Trading was down in every category except in the forward rate agreement sector.
CONTINUE READINGMarch 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $1.03 trillion in average notional value per day during March 2020, the second highest level ever recorded. Record trading occurred in every category except in the forward rate agreement sector.
CONTINUE READINGFebruary 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $848.5 billion in average notional value per day during February 2020. Trading was up in every category except for in the forward rate agreement sector.
CONTINUE READINGJanuary 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached a record level of $1.1 trillion in average notional value per day during January 2020. The increase in trading volume mainly took place in the forward rate agreements sector.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, FIA EPTA and ISDA offer joint response to the European Commission targeted consultation the CSDR review
On 2 February 2021, ISDA, FIA and FIA EPTA submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s (EC) targeted consultation on the review of the settlement and central securities depositories regulation (CSDR).
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