FIA submitted a letter to the Department of the Treasury today in response to Executive Order 13777 which calls for feedback on regulations that should be modified or eliminated.
CONTINUE READINGThe state of the Industry. Stuck in the mire or looking ahead to new opportunities?
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA, FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG), International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), Managed Funds Association (MFA), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG).
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of the FIA-ISDA Cleared Derivatives Addendum, a template that can be used by U.S. futures commission merchants (FCMs) and their customers to document their relationship with respect to cleared over-the-counter (OTC) swaps.
CONTINUE READINGThis document summarizes the EU Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) registration and reporting requirements, which enter into force on October 7, 2015 for certain exchange-traded energy futures and options and April 7, 2016 for certain over-the-counter energy contracts.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Reporting Working group has pulled together some guidance on how to populate fields 33-40 and 45-46 (Table 2 Common data) for the EMIR reporting regime following the implementation of the Level 2 validation process that went live on 31 October 2015
CONTINUE READINGThis document supports and seeks to provide more detailed guidance on the implementation of, amongst other things, the ‘Guidelines on systems and controls in an automated trading environment’ (ESMA Guidelines).
CONTINUE READINGToday, FIA released a comprehensive guide to the development and operation of automated trading systems.
CONTINUE READINGOn July 13, the FIA issued a model disclosure form to assist futures commission merchants in complying with Regulation 1.71, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule that establishes information barriers between FCMs and affiliated swap dealers and major swap participants and requires FCMs to disclose to their customers conflicts of interest in the provision of trade execution or clearing services.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Market Technology Division today published a set of recommendations to help the industry prepare for the upcoming leap second event on June 30 and reduce the likelihood of market disruption.
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