The SEC recently adopted Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act, which will establish a comprehensive framework for the use of derivatives transactions by registered funds.
CONTINUE READINGAlgorithmic trading has become a central component in modern financial markets. In Europe, MiFID II introduced a comprehensive set of rules around algorithmic and high-frequency trading as well as various aspects of market microstructure.
CONTINUE READINGThis year we will focus on the perspective coming from Washington but expand the discussion to look at lessons learned in 2020 as well as the clearing strategy for 2021.
CONTINUE READINGThis panel will provide an overview of the CFTC’s considerable volume of enforcement activity in 2020 and what to expect from the CFTC under the incoming Biden Administration in 2021.
CONTINUE READINGRound out your holiday gifts with fantastic options from the virtual FFK Holiday Auction! Find unique gifts and experiences to share with your family, friends and colleagues and raise much-needed funds for the industry’s charity, Futures for Kids.
CONTINUE READINGAs part of China's ongoing efforts to open up key areas of the onshore financial markets to international investors, regulators in China announced new regulations to combine the separate QFII and RQFII regulatory regimes with a unified Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) regime.
CONTINUE READINGThis virtual exercise will cover a major co-location data center loss that poses a potential systemic risk to the futures markets and its participants.
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