In a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the FIA Principal Traders Group said it supports the Commission's action to address spiralling Consolidated Audit Trail costs, promote accountability and fashion a reasonable governance framework for the CAT.
CONTINUE READINGThe EU T+1 Industry Committee has published a high-level road map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027. The road map contains a set of recommendations developed collaboratively by association representatives and workstream leads from various industry segments.
CONTINUE READINGThe EU T+1 Industry Committee has published a high-level road map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027. The road map contains a set of recommendations developed collaboratively by association representatives and workstream leads from various industry segments.
CONTINUE READINGMarkets industry associations' letter to European Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque regarding priorities for the Savings and Investments Union.
CONTINUE READINGPJP Law, a Washington, D.C-based law firm was founded in 2025 by Paul J. Pantano, a commodities and derivatives lawyer who has represented energy companies, commodity and swap dealers, financial institutions, brokerage firms and trade associations in a wide variety of transactional, regulatory, investigative and litigation matters.
CONTINUE READINGFIA supports ASX’s AOTs for interest rate futures and urges further engagement on commodity thresholds to align with global best practices and enhance market integrity.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA urges no step back in post-trade transparency in derivatives, in response to an ESMA consultation on revising RTS under the MiFIR review.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA supports responded to a consultation by BaFin to support proposed product intervention on turbo certificates for German retail investors.
CONTINUE READINGThe response notes it is essential to take into account how a specific market is being used by understanding the central limit order book and the size of business that can be executed in that order book in a short amount of time without causing price slippage. Moreover, it is important to distinguish between ETD and OTC product specificities.
CONTINUE READINGLowenstein Sandler LLP is a full-service national law firm with over 375 lawyers working from offices in New York, Palo Alto, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Utah. In its commodities, futures & derivatives practice, Lowenstein advises on trading, brokerage and exchange regulatory issues, investigations, litigation and capital markets activities (including mergers and acquisitions).
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