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August 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $529.4 billion in average notional value per day during August 2020. Trading was down in every category with the exception of FX and non-FRA products.
CONTINUE READINGJuly 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $597.5 billion in average notional value per day during July 2020. Trading was down in every category.
CONTINUE READINGJune 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $783 billion in average notional value per day during June 2020. Trading was up in every category.
CONTINUE READINGOptions AI - 2020 Innovators Pitch Presentation
Watch Options AI's 2020 Innovators Pitch Presentation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA supports FinCEN anti-money laundering efforts
FIA today wrote in support of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) efforts to update to the existing anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that would require covered financial institutions, which include FCMs, to maintain an "effective and reasonably designed" AML programs as informed by the institution's risk assessment and FinCEN’s national AML priorities.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA respond to ESMA's "Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR"
FIA and ISDA have responded to ESMA’s consultation on their “Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR”.
CONTINUE READINGHigher cost, higher risk: The impact of the closed market structure on the European warrants market: price analysis and recommendations
In June 2020, FIA EPTA conducted research on the impact of the single liquidity provider structure on the European warrants market and compared it with the listed options market. We examined the pricing of comparable warrants and options products with matching risk/reward profiles and the impact of differing market conditions on investors’ ability to trade in both markets. The conclusions of this research are clear: investors trading on Europe’s warrants markets are losing millions of euros a year because of its ‘closedshop’ structure which inflates prices compared to comparable products on more open and competitive markets.
CONTINUE READINGETD Volume - October 2020
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.01 billion contracts in the month of October, down 5.4% from the previous month but up 34.7% from October 2019.
CONTINUE READINGMarket Surveillance Guidelines
In this webinar, speakers discussed the recently published FIA Market Surveillance Guidelines and addressed requirements expected by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority relating to market abuse systems and controls that market participants are required to have pursuant to Article 16 MAR.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA comment on the design of CCP default management auctions
FIA joined with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in responding to a discussion paper on the design of default management auctions conducted by central counterparties in case of a member default.
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