FIA welcomes the statement from European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis today proposing to renew the time-limited equivalence decision for UK CCPs.
CONTINUE READINGOn Feb. 25, FIA submitted comments to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regarding proposed revisions to the calculation of credit valuation adjustment risk, an important component of the Basel III capital framework.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, together with ISDA, GFMA and EMTA, published a briefing today requesting EU policymakers to extend the transition period of the Benchmarks Regulation for critical and non-critical benchmarks due to significant negative implications for financial stability in European and global financial markets and competitive disadvantages for European companies.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has published an implementation summary to help futures brokers and other market participants outside the European Union comply with the direct electronic access requirements under MiFID II that will come into effect in January.
CONTINUE READINGBorsa Italiana will implement a new order message tag in February that will allow participants in IDEM, its futures and options market, to indicate the type of execution method used at the point of order entry.
CONTINUE READINGIt is with great disappointment that FIA has decided to cancel its 45th Annual Boca International Futures Industry Conference on March 10-12, 2020 due to concerns for the health and wellbeing of our conference attendees surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus
CONTINUE READINGSummary statistics from FIA show that trading activity in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets rose by 13.7% in 2019 to reach a record of 34.47 billion contracts. Futures volume rose 12% to 19.24 billion contracts, while options volume rose 16% to 15.23 billion contracts.
CONTINUE READINGOn Monday, March 9, 2020, FIA submitted a comment letter to the CFTC in response to its proposed rule regarding the cross-border application of the registration thresholds and certain requirements applicable to swap dealers and major swap participants.
CONTINUE READINGToday would have been the first full day of the Boca Conference, which provides me a moment to reflect.
CONTINUE READINGWith the health and well-being of our society in the forefront of our minds, FIA has implemented several measures to keep members informed of issues related to the Covid-19 Coronavirus and to continue normal operations.
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