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Special Report Series - Part Five: Commodity Derivatives Under MiFID II
This Special Report is the fifth in a series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s 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), which together are referred to as “MiFID II” and come into effect on 3 January 2017.
CONTINUE READINGSpecial Report Series - Part Four: Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading
This Special Report is the fourth in the FIA and FIA Europe’s series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (“ESMA”) consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (the “MiFID II Directive”) and Regulation (“MiFIR”), which together are referred to as “MiFID II”.
CONTINUE READINGESMA pulls back from mandatory clearing for FX NDFs
The European Securities and Markets Authority announced on Feb. 4 that it has decided against moving forward with a proposal to mandate central clearing for non-deliverable currency forwards.
CONTINUE READINGTrading Volume: first quarter 2004 volume report
Equity options and interest rate products boomed in the first quarter, giving U.S. exchanges a huge boost in volume.
CONTINUE READING2014 FIA Annual Global Futures and Options Volume: Gains in North America and Europe offset declines in Asia-Pacific
The number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide rose a slight 1.5% in 2014.
CONTINUE READING[UPDATED] Special Report: Senate Agriculture Committee Holds Hearing on CFTC Nominees
Update: On Aug. 3, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Brian Quintenz and Rostin "Russ" Behnam as CFTC Commissioners and Chris Giancarlo to serve as CFTC Chairman. The nominations were approved unanimously.
CONTINUE READINGCFTC chairman concerned by potential impact of capital rules on clearing firms
Tim Massad, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, told U.S. lawmakers that he is concerned about the impact that new capital requirements will have on central clearing.
CONTINUE READINGPresentation from InfoNet: MiFID II/R seminar on Microstructural Issues
This Seminar focused primarily on the organisational requirements of investment firms engaged in algo trading, providing DEA and acting as GCMs (RTS 6) and also touched on key requirements from the organisational requirements for trading venues (RTS 7), market making agreements/schemes (RTS 8) and business clock synchronisation (RTS 25).
CONTINUE READINGPresentations from InfoNet: MiFID II/R seminar on Commodities
The MiFID II/R commodities seminar focused on the following areas
CONTINUE READINGPresentations from InfoNet: MiFID II/R seminar on Indirect Clearing
The MiFID II/R seminar on indirect clearing began with a presentation from Clifford Chance's Jeremy Walter, who explained the key issues with the requirements under MiFID II/R.
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