In conjunction with the launch of FIA Tech’s new platform for EGUS in Q4 2017, FIA’s Law and Compliance Division will introduce updated agreement templates for Standard, LME and EFP agreements.
CONTINUE READINGBrokerage has long been a challenge for the futures industry, stemming from manual processes and invoice reconciliation.
CONTINUE READINGMiFID II and MiFIR, the new pan-European financial market reforms, take effect in January 2018.
CONTINUE READINGIn April, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a request for information styled “Project Kiss,” designed as an agency-wide review of the CFTC’s rules, regulations and practices with the aim of making them simpler, less burdensome and less costly.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will explore the fundamental features of the US and UK customer protection regimes for collateral.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar explained the relationship between the CFTC and the Congress, explaining how prior legislation (like the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and potential future statutory amendments (including CEA Reauthorization and the Financial CHOICE Act) impact the Commission’s operations.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will provide a brief history of the CFTC’s approach toward trading on non-U.S. markets; review some of the forces driving today’s demand for increasingly global trading; discuss the process of registering a Foreign Board of Trade with the CFTC; and describe how U.S. intermediaries can do business on FBOTs, and the status of non-US SEFS.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will discuss recent developments related to derivatives “safe harbors” under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and banking laws.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will provide insights into the impact Brexit will have on commodity markets.
CONTINUE READINGA walk through the only known CCP resolution action: the collapse of the HKFE clearinghouse during the stock market crash of 1987.
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