In a letter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) supported the proposed expansion of Regulations ATS and SCI to include Government Securities alternative trading systems (ATSs).
CONTINUE READINGFIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) hosted a webinar on 24 February that reviewed European algorithmic trading rules under MiFID II and discussed suggestions put forward by the European Securities and Markets Authority for potential changes to the regime.
CONTINUE READINGBrooksley Born served as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 1996 to 1999.
CONTINUE READINGBryan Durkin is a former president of CME group and currently serves on its board of directors.
CONTINUE READINGGay Huey Evans is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the London Metal Exchange and a member of Her Majesty’s Treasury Board in the United Kingdom.
CONTINUE READINGJeffrey Geldermann was co-founder of GMI Software, a back-office technology provider providing clearing and accounting applications for exchange-traded derivatives, futures, options, energy, and cleared OTC products including repos, swaps and equities.
CONTINUE READINGDouglas Harris, a long-standing and widely respected member of the derivatives industry, is a senior adviser at Promontory Financial Group, where he advises banks, swap dealers, futures commission merchants, derivatives clearing organizations and other financial institutions on regulatory and compliance issues.
CONTINUE READINGThis Special Report is the fourth in the 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 (the “MiFID II Directive”) and Regulation (“MiFIR”), which together are referred to as “MiFID II”.
CONTINUE READINGWith over 35 years of industry experience gained in leadership roles in Paris, Tokyo and London, Jerome Kemp is a recognised leader in the global futures industry.
CONTINUE READINGCharles Li retired from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing at the start of 2021 after serving as chief executive for more than 10 years.
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