FIA has filed comments with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on its proposed rulemaking related to the protection of clearing member funds held by designated clearing organizations.
CONTINUE READINGFIA supports the UK authorities’ proposed approach, allowing regulators to build on and complement operational resilience frameworks for firms and financial market infrastructures. FIA members also support the proposal for oversight of critical third parties to be as interoperable as reasonably practicable with similar existing and future regimes. Furthermore, FIA members support the proposals to promote regulatory and supervisory interoperability.
CONTINUE READINGIn a recent panel discussion at the International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, FL, several senior executives of the equity options trading ecosystem weighed in on the reasons for the explosive growth, why they think trading volume will continue to climb, and what the industry is doing to keep customers and regulators happy.
CONTINUE READINGAs the volume and velocity of global futures and options trading grow, market watchers see a variety of risks and opportunities in store – risks stemming mostly from the unintended consequences of new regulations and opportunities from advances in technology.
CONTINUE READINGExchange leaders at FIA Boca discussed the shift they are seeing towards smaller contracts and shorter durations.
CONTINUE READINGAsiaNext is an institution-only digital asset trading venue established in 2021 that offers listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody. Headquartered in Singapore, it is a joint venture between Japan’s SBI Digital Asset Holdings and SIX Group in Switzerland.
CONTINUE READINGFounded in 2018 in New York, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm and FINRA-registered broker-dealer offering clearing, custody, execution, and financing for US equities and options and clearing, custody, and financing for fixed-income securities.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today announced the election of three new directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida: Susan Gaughan, Société Générale, Nelson Neale, CHS Hedging LLC, and Harris L. Kay, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
CONTINUE READINGTölt Strategies is an advisory and consulting firm established in 2023 by Dorothy D. DeWitt, a former Director of the Division of Market Oversight at the CFTC. The firm offers expert and independent advisory services to companies in traditional and emerging sectors.
CONTINUE READINGThe search for greater capital and operational efficiency is one of the top areas of focus for the derivatives industry, according to a recent survey of industry professionals conducted by FIA and Coalition Greenwich.
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