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MarketVoice Podcast - Survey reveals key trends in crypto, clearing and the cloud
A recent survey of derivatives market participants showed key trends in crypto-related innovations, the global clearing ecosystem, cloud computing, and operational risks, among other areas. Stephen Bruel, who heads the Derivatives and FX practice on the Market Structure and Technology team at Coalition Greenwich, shares key data points from the firm's recent survey and what the data may mean for the future of the global derivatives industry. (Hosted by Will Acworth).
CONTINUE READINGUS lawmakers quiz CFTC on digital assets
The US House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on 31 March featuring Rostin Behnam, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to discuss the agency's current priorities and upcoming work areas. The hearing, titled "The State of the CFTC," was dominated by questions related to the regulation of futures based on bitcoin and other digital assets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA New Member Profile - Crabel Capital Management
Crabel Capital Management is a global alternative investment firm specializing in systematic, automated trading of worldwide futures and foreign exchange.
CONTINUE READINGIndustry associations raise concerns on position limits, position reporting and ancillary activities under MiFID II
FIA, along with ISDA, EFET, GFMA and IETA, has sent a letter to the European Commission, the European Parliament and ESMA, setting on our position on position limits, position reporting and the ancillary activities under MiFID II.
CONTINUE READINGFebruary 2022 stats on customer funds held at US FCMs
Futures Accounts: The total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs hit an all-time high of $333.4 billion in February, up 12.1% over the last 12 months and surpassing the previous record of $326.1 billion set in January 2022.
CONTINUE READINGMarketVoice Podcast - FIA Hall of Fame honors Sharon Bowen, Ron Filler and Arthur Hahn
In this episode, FIA honors the careers of three distinguished individuals from the cleared derivatives industry who were recently inducted into its Hall of Fame – former CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen; Ronald Filler, director of the Financial Services Law Institute at New York Law School; and Arthur Hahn, longtime global co-chair of the Financial Services practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman. (Hosted by FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken)
CONTINUE READINGPeople news - March/April 2022
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
CONTINUE READINGData Spotlight - TTF gas futures see record trading amid Russia-related turmoil
Over the last five years, the TTF gas futures contract has become the main benchmark for the European gas market and the second-most heavily traded gas contract in the world. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked even more interest in this contract, with trading volume hitting an all-time record in March.
CONTINUE READINGIndustry groups request extension of comment period on supplemental proposal on automated trading
The FIA, FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG), International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), Managed Funds Association (MFA), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG).
CONTINUE READINGFIA New Member Profile – CloudMargin
Headquartered in London, CloudMargin created the world’s first cloud-based collateral management workflow tool, which has earned more than 20 industry awards and honours since 2015 for innovation and best-in-class technology.
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