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FIA supports FinCEN anti-money laundering efforts
FIA today wrote in support of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) efforts to update to the existing anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that would require covered financial institutions, which include FCMs, to maintain an "effective and reasonably designed" AML programs as informed by the institution's risk assessment and FinCEN’s national AML priorities.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA respond to ESMA's "Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR"
FIA and ISDA have responded to ESMA’s consultation on their “Draft Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies on supervisory review and evaluation process of CCPs under Article 21 of EMIR”.
CONTINUE READINGHigher cost, higher risk: The impact of the closed market structure on the European warrants market: price analysis and recommendations
In June 2020, FIA EPTA conducted research on the impact of the single liquidity provider structure on the European warrants market and compared it with the listed options market. We examined the pricing of comparable warrants and options products with matching risk/reward profiles and the impact of differing market conditions on investors’ ability to trade in both markets. The conclusions of this research are clear: investors trading on Europe’s warrants markets are losing millions of euros a year because of its ‘closedshop’ structure which inflates prices compared to comparable products on more open and competitive markets.
CONTINUE READINGETD Volume - October 2020
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.01 billion contracts in the month of October, down 5.4% from the previous month but up 34.7% from October 2019.
CONTINUE READINGFIA statement on Passage of H.R. 4713
The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 4713, The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009.
CONTINUE READINGFIA response to CFTC call for hearings on position limits
The Futures Industry Association today released the following statement from FIA President John Damgard regarding the statement issued by Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGSecurity futures – the incredible potentially morphing financial instrument
This webinar provided an overview of the regulatory regimes governing various products, including a discussion of the authority of US persons to access, and US broker-dealers and futures commission merchants to offer, foreign security futures. Case studies involving the EUREX STOXX Banks Index and other instruments were discussed. Analogies to cryptosecurities and non-cryptosecurities were referenced too.
CONTINUE READINGFIA commends CFTC for addressing potential conflicts of interest in Exchange Governance
The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement with regards to the implementation of governance standards for futures exchanges by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGFIA statement on Senate confirmation of Gary Gensler as CFTC Chairman
John Damgard, president of the Futures Industry Association, today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s confirmation of Gary Gensler as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGFIA statement on CFTC Index Trader report
The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement from FIA President John Damgard regarding the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s staff report on commodity swap dealers and index traders
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