FIA, together with ISDA, IA, AIMA and MFA has submitted a letter to Commissioner Hill of the EC concerning EMIR Article 13 and MiFIR Article 33 – Equivalence in the context of Clearing, Margin, Reporting and Trading requirements for OTC derivatives transactions, and the potential negative impact on access to non-EU markets by EU institutions.
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CONTINUE READINGTrading volume on swap execution facilities reached $552.5 billion in average notional value per day during December 2021.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, SIFMA and the Financial Services Roundtable on March 10 submitted comments to the CFTC regarding the application of Dodd-Frank regulations on transactions involving non-U.S. swap dealers.
CONTINUE READINGCash-settled futures on bitcoin have been a smash success for CME, but they sometimes diverge from prices in the spot market. That has spurred interest in physically delivered contracts. Much like in the classic agricultural futures markets, the buyers and sellers of these contracts are obligated to exchange the underlying cryptocurrency when the contract expires. This mechanism effectively forces the spot and futures prices to converge at settlement.
CONTINUE READINGOn 5 February 2016, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”) published their joint consultation conclusions on proposals to introduce mandatory clearing and expand mandatory trade reporting for the second stage of the OTC derivatives regulatory regime.
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CONTINUE READINGFutures Accounts: The total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs hit an all-time high of $324.5 billion in December, surpassing the previous record set in March 2020.
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