FIA (as FOA) joined forces with ISDA and EFET to comment on the definition of appropriate position limits under Article 59 of MiFID in ESMA's level 2 work.
CONTINUE READINGFIA submitted comments to the CFTC in support of proposed amendments to recordkeeping requirements set out in Commission Rules 1.31.
CONTINUE READINGOn 17 October, FIA co-signed a letter with the Joint Associations Committee (JAC), the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Global Foreign Exchange Division of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), calling for a delay of the PRIIPs Regulation by one year to 3 January 2018 as the only viable option that allows for the effective implementation of the PRIIPs Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, EFET and ISDA have published a joint position paper setting our member concerns regarding the capital requirements regime for commodities.
CONTINUE READINGOn 15 November, FIA submitted comments to the European Commission (EC) regarding its consultation on post-trade in a Capital Market Union.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe issued a response to the question on third countries in chapter 2 (Third Countries) of the HM Treasury consultation on the Transposition of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and Europe call for clarity from ACER on future amendments to the Trade Reporting User Manuel under REMIT.
CONTINUE READINGOn 2 January, FIA Europe and ISDA filed a joint response to ESMA's consultation on draft guidelines clarifying the definition of commodities derivatives as financial instruments under MiFID I.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe, together with GFMA and ISDA, has issued a letter to the Head of Unit at DG Energy, expressing concerns regarding REMIT reporting regime.
CONTINUE READINGYesterday, FIA sent a letter to the Senior Supervisors Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York regarding their April 30 report on algorithmic trading, which focused on "how risks associated with algorithmic trading are monitored and controlled at large financial institutions during the trading day."
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