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FIA EPTA Comments on EU Short-Selling Regulation
FIA European Principal Traders Association submitted a five-page letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority in response to its call for evidence on the European short-selling regulation.
CONTINUE READINGUS Equity Market Structure: An Investor Perspective
BlackRock discusses several market structure issues affecting U.S. equity markets and provides several recommendations to further improve market quality and stability.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA position on the proposed regulation on the framework for recovery and resolution of CCPs
As end users of clearing services, FIA EPTA Members strongly support the European Commission’s objectives to ensure that both CCPs and regulators have effective tools available to mitigate the systemic risks that would emanate from a potential failure of a CCP.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA response to the ESMA Consultation Paper on the Guidelines on the calibration, publication and reporting of trading halts
FIA EPTA believes that the factors for calibrating volatility parameters should respect three overarching principles:
CONTINUE READINGHigh-Speed Trading Isn't Just Faster, It's Also Fairer
Peter Nabicht writes in an editorial that professional traders are not competing against investors.
CONTINUE READINGMichael Lewis' HFT Book: More of a Dark Market Than a Lit One
Craig Pirrong, the author of the Streetwise Professor blog, comments that “Flash Boys” is essentially a morality tale that does not capture the “true complexity” of markets or high-frequency trading.
CONTINUE READINGRemco Lenterman rejoins FIA EPTA as Chairman
Remco Lenterman has been appointed Chairman of the FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA).
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA response to the European Commission’s Review of the appropriate prudential treatment for investment firms
FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) submitted its response to the European Commission’s inception impact assessment on the Review of the appropriate prudential treatment for investment firms.
CONTINUE READINGNo, Michael Lewis, the U.S. Equities Market Is Not Rigged
Larry Tabb, the chief executive of the consulting firm Tabb Group, explains why recent statements by author Michael Lewis that the U.S. equities market is “rigged” are wrong and explains that intermediaries perform one of the most important functions of a market—price discovery.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA Responds to ESMA Consultation on Market Abuse Regulation
The FIA European Principal Traders Association responded on Oct. 15 to the European Securities and Markets Authority's consultation papers regarding the Market Abuse Regulation.
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