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CONTINUE READINGMy Block, My Hood, My City is a non-profit that embodies the true spirit of community leadership. For the last 10 years its founder and CEO Jahmal Cole has been helping to break down barriers for young people from disadvantaged Chicago neighbourhoods and provide them with opportunities beyond their immediate neighbourhoods.
CONTINUE READINGConnamara Technologies' EP3 platform provides asset-agnostic solutions for exchange operations, order matching and execution, market surveillance and settlement. EP3 creates scalable marketplaces that enable an exchange to run continuously with virtually no downtime.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has updated its CCP Tracker visualizations with data from the third quarter.
CONTINUE READINGA new paper published by FIA European Principal Traders Association identifies an entire segment of equity activity in both EU and UK markets that is currently unreported. Consequently, European share trading volumes are perceived by the market, including global investors and issuers, as being significantly lower than they actually are.
CONTINUE READINGRecent developments in financial markets have led to a significant increase in the availability and interest in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) futures products.
CONTINUE READINGIn a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) responded to the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) proposals to revise its customer clearing access models and to modify its margin segregation rules.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has submitted a response to the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation’s consultation, which proposes to introduce stress add-on initial margin charges and a partial revision of the clearing fund calculation method in its listed financial derivatives clearing service.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has responded to the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s proposals to revise its customer clearing access models and to modify its margin segregation rules in order to implement the SEC’s new clearing mandate for U.S. Treasuries. FIA's response identifies conflicts between the proposed access structures and CFTC rules to which FCMs are subject.
CONTINUE READINGThe March 2024 issue of FIA's MarketVoice Boca magazine has just been published. The publication incudes our latest report on derivatives industry trends, an exploration of tech trends in derivatives markets, a look at the shifting European clearing landscape, the promise of tokenization, and much more!
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