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FIA elects directors and officers (2015)
FIA today announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Eleven directors were elected in total at this meeting, including eight regular member directors for two-year terms and three associate member directors for two-year terms.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG: simplify markets by eliminating Trade-Through Rule and ban on locked and crossed markets
The FIA Principal Traders Group today released a position paper offering new recommendations on how to simplify the U.S. equity markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Global requests segregated margin be excluded from Basel III capital requirements
FIA Global sent a letter to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision this week urging the committee to consider how segregated margin is treated in the leverage calculations that determine bank capital requirements.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe appoints new Head of Commodities
FIA Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of Christiane Leuthier as Head of Commodities.
CONTINUE READINGWalt Lukken congratulates FIA member R.J. O’Brien on centennial
Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, released the following statement today congratulating FIA member firm R.J. O’Brien & Associates LLC on its 100th anniversary.
CONTINUE READINGFIA special report: CFTC examines FX clearing mandate
On Oct. 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted a discussion with market participants on a clearing mandate for non-deliverable forwards and the potential impact on foreign exchange markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Global CCP rulebook review will provide comprehensive guide to clearinghouse rules
Today, FIA Global, in cooperation with the law firms Linklaters and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, announced a new guide to the rules of central clearing counterparties (CCPs).
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe appoints new Director of Regulation
FIA Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of Corinna Schempp as Director of Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and FIA PTG comment on modernizing CFTC’s surveillance systems
FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group sent a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday, urging the CFTC to leverage existing resources as it works to develop a 21st-century surveillance system.
CONTINUE READINGFIA seeks clarification on Ukraine Sanctions
On Aug. 1, FIA submitted a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a division of the U.S. Treasury Department, to provide information concerning the FCM role in managing its customer positions in the futures markets and the potential market impact if an FCM customer with open positions becomes the subject of asset-blocking sanctions.
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