U.S. regulators are pushing ahead with reforms to financial market benchmarks, working with the private sector to develop benchmarks for interest rate markets that could serve as alternatives to Libor.
CONTINUE READINGOn Jan. 22 FIA provided the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with its views on certain issues related to the CFTC’s proposed position limit and aggregation rules.
CONTINUE READINGIf you follow finance even casually, you’d be hard-pressed to have missed last year’s debate on equity market structure, technological advances, and the speed of trading.
CONTINUE READINGThis Special Report is the second in the FIA and FIA Europe’s series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authorities (“ESMA”) consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (2014/65/EU) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Regulation 600/2012) (“MiFIR”), which together are referred to as “MiFID II” and come into effect on 3 January 2017.
CONTINUE READINGThe OCC, the Chicago-based clearinghouse for equity derivatives, has established a $1 billion repurchase facility with an pension fund, increasing its liquidity resources to $3 billion from $2 billion.
CONTINUE READINGCME Group has issued a white paper outlining its views on how much funding clearinghouses should contribute to their default protections.
CONTINUE READINGInter-jurisdictional Regulatory Recognition: Facilitating Economic Recovery and Regulatory Efficiency
CONTINUE READINGThe state of the Industry. Stuck in the mire or looking ahead to new opportunities?
CONTINUE READINGRepresentatives from ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Canada gave a presentation and answered questions regarding recent changes to ICE Futures US and ICE Futures Canada rules governing disruptive trade practices.
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