FIA Operations Americas has published a guide to the administration of exchange and clearing transaction fees charged by U.S. futures exchanges.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has commented on the third set of draft Exchange Rules published by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE).
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed re-definition of the term “fiduciary” in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is so broad that it could be interpreted to capture services provided by futures commission merchants and prevent them from executing trades for pension plans, FIA said in a July 21 letter.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has commented on the draft General Exchange Rules issued by the Shanghai International Energy Exchange facilitating futures trading for overseas participants. The draft rules are available here.
CONTINUE READINGThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has sought feedback on proposed amendments to the Securities and Futures Act. Key changes include reforms relating to the regulation of OTC derivatives including regulation of derivatives markets, trading and licensing of intermediaries, changes to types of regulated activities and the transfer of regulation of commodity derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGThe China Securities Regulatory Commission conducted a public consultation on draft rules which allow foreign investors and brokers to trade and clear certain domestic Chinese futures contracts (initially crude oil futures).
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of the FIA-ISDA Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreement as a template that can be used by participants in the cleared swaps markets in negotiating execution-related agreements with counterparties to over-the-counter derivatives that are intended to be cleared.
CONTINUE READINGThe Futures Industry Association today submitted an extensive response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading.
CONTINUE READINGWashington, DC – FIA today released the results of an industry survey to gauge the sentiment of market participants on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cleared derivatives industry.
CONTINUE READINGHello everyone. I’m Walt Lukken from FIA and I want to welcome you to IDX-Virtual.
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