FIA submitted a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding a proposal from ICE Futures U.S. that would allow pre-hedging of block trades under certain conditions.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has submitted a response to the European Commission’s consultation on reforming the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). In its response, FIA highlights that without significant reform, the BMR could expose benchmark users in the European Union to the threats that BMR was intended to protect them from, putting them at a competitive disadvantage to users of benchmarks in other jurisdictions.
CONTINUE READINGAt the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, several US and international financial regulators have indicated that the concept of a trading facility is undergoing a dramatic revaluation to include more platforms that, until recently, were unregistered.
CONTINUE READINGFIA jointly with ISDA has submitted its response to the BoE’s proposed approach to tiering under UK EMIR 2.2.
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