FIA and ISDA submitted a joint response to the FCA Quarterly Consultation Paper 17/6.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, ISDA, GFMA, EFET, LEBA and WMBA jointly submitted a comment letter to ESMA to ask for clarification on certain aspects of the new position reporting regime for commodity derivatives under MiFID II, which will apply from 3 January 2018.
CONTINUE READINGLetter to Didier Millerot (Head of Unit D2, DG FISMA) by FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) concerning the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) technical advice to the European Commission on a new prudential regime for investment firms.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA welcomes the European Commission’s legislative proposals for a Directive and a Regulation on the prudential supervision, and the prudential requirements, of investment firms.
CONTINUE READINGOn the basis of Articles 508(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/20131 (CRR) the European Commission is drafting a legislative proposal on a prudential regime for investment firms.
CONTINUE READINGThe European Principal Traders Association today announced that Johannah Ladd, the association’s Secretary General, has informed the FIA EPTA executive committee that she will leave her position on 1 January to explore other interests.
CONTINUE READINGIn November 2016 FIA EPTA submitted its comments to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) regarding its Authority’s Discussion Paper on the trading obligations for derivatives under MiFIR.
CONTINUE READINGFIA 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 READINGBlackRock discusses several market structure issues affecting U.S. equity markets and provides several recommendations to further improve market quality and stability.
CONTINUE READINGAs 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.
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