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FIA Volume Report: Global Futures and Options Volume Rose 2.1% to 21.64 Billion in 2013
FIA today released its annual report on global trends in the trading of futures and options.
CONTINUE READINGGroups submit comments on CFTC's treatment of transactions with non-U.S. swap dealers
FIA, SIFMA and the Financial Services Roundtable on March 10 submitted comments to the CFTC regarding the application of Dodd-Frank regulations on transactions involving non-U.S. swap dealers.
CONTINUE READINGProminent People March 2014
Stephen Luparello was named director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s division of trading and markets. Luparello was most recently a partner at the firm WilmerHale.
CONTINUE READINGPresident's message March 2014
The recent troubles at the Korea Exchange have highlighted the urgent need for all of us in this industry to focus on global standards for clearinghouse risk.
CONTINUE READING@Markets March 2014
Eurex launched in February the Eurex Mobile App for both iOS and Android phones
CONTINUE READINGMiFID II: Reform Framework Finalized, But Further Detail to Follow
When the European Commission launched its proposals to reform MiFID in October 2011, part of the reason was to implement some of the key principles of the reform program set out by the G20 leaders in response to the global financial crisis.
CONTINUE READINGApples to Oranges: Comparison Shopping in the New World of Swaps Trading
Next-best-fits that express a trader’s interest will become the norm and having a technology solution that can quickly and easily display the menu of options available at any one time is set to become part of the new derivatives trader’s workflow.
CONTINUE READINGCleared Swaps Volume: Trending Higher in 2013
Central clearing requirements took effect in phases in the U.S., beginning with swap dealers and major swap participants in the earlier part of 2013, then commodity pools and private funds and finally other participants such as pension plans and accounts managed by third-party investment managers.
CONTINUE READINGWashington Watch March 2014
On Feb. 7 FIA filed a 48-page comment letter in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s proposed position limits rule, warning that the proposal would have a “negative impact” on price discovery and liquidity and would “significantly restrict” the ability of market participants to rely on derivatives markets to hedge risk.
CONTINUE READINGNews Briefs March 2014
After several years of work, officials from the European Parliament and the EuropeanCouncil have finalized the revised directive on markets in financial instruments (MiFID II) and a regulation on markets in financial instruments (MiFIR).
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