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What the CFTC Can and Should Do on Crypto Ahead of New Legislation
The industry is abuzz with plans, ambitions and goals for the CFTC on the digital assets front. What can the CFTC do with its existing authority? What should it do given those powers? And what should it stop doing? Get answers to these questions and more, including on how to navigate possible SEC overlap, from Olivia Choe, Matt Laroche, and Josh Sterling from Milbank. They will discuss these issues and offer practical advice on advocacy, regulatory change, and potential paths forward in the enforcement and litigation arenas. This webinar is intended for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide investment, tax, business, legal or professional advice. Neither FIA nor its members endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, opinion, product, or service referenced in this webinar. FIA makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the webinar’s content.
CONTINUE READINGRefresher on FIA Terms of Business 2018
FIA is inviting you to join a series of two webinars that will cover the questions above and many more. The first webinar will focus on the FIA Terms of Business 2018 suite of documentation, including the FIA Indirect Clearing Terms and User Guide. The second webinar will discuss the various legal opinions that FIA maintains. We plan to dive into some detail as to how FIA legal opinions are structured and also the terms under which they can be accessed and relied upon.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Legal Opinions Round-Up
FIA is inviting you to join a series of two webinars that will cover the questions above and many more. The first webinar will focus on the FIA Terms of Business 2018 suite of documentation, including the FIA Indirect Clearing Terms and User Guide. The second webinar will discuss the various legal opinions that FIA maintains. We plan to dive into some detail as to how FIA legal opinions are structured and also the terms under which they can be accessed and relied upon.
CONTINUE READINGCFTC Self-Reporting, Cooperation, and Remediation Advisory: A Game-Changer
The CFTC recent issued an Enforcement Advisory that provides what market participants have sought for years: clear guidelines and concrete incentives for self-reporting, cooperation, and remediation. The Advisory contains a simple matrix that sets forth the presumptive discounts that a market participant would receive for self-reporting and cooperation, as well as detailed explanations of how market participants can make themselves eligible for those discounts. This advisory transforms how market participants should approach the decision of whether to report a potential violation to the Commission and how to defend a potential violation that is being investigated by the Commission.
CONTINUE READINGExchange Briefing: ASX
Join FIA and ASX on 3 April for a webinar where ASX will present a summary of an update on the ClearStar Program. The session will cover key progress, a proposed roadmap (subject to consultation), stakeholder engagement activities, an overview of the consultation process, and a summary and next steps of the TradeAccept consultation paper.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Forum: Treasury Clearing 2025
FIA is coming to New York in May to explore the evolution of agency clearing.
CONTINUE READINGPredictions, Perps, Protocols: Trends in Market Structure and Innovation
Sullivan & Cromwell’s Commodities, Futures and Derivatives team will discuss (1) recent developments in market structure, including the 24/7 trading, decentralized finance, vertical integration and direct access models and (2) new products, including perpetual derivatives and event contracts. The webinar will cover relevant updates from the CFTC and SEC, as well as Congress, the courts and the industry.
CONTINUE READINGImproving the Timeliness of Give-Up Processing
How is the industry addressing friction points that cause delays in give-up processing? This webinar features members of the Derivatives Market Institute for Standards who have been actively implementing the Final Standard for Improving Timeliness of Trade Give-Ups and Allocations (30/30/30) released in June 2023. Representatives from brokerage firms and clients will share how they identified and resolved issues causing processing delays, reduced risk and increased the percentage of trades in the right account on T+0.
CONTINUE READINGLooking Forward: Shifting Priorities at the CFTC and SEC
The start of the year has brought policy changes, personnel shifts, and a realignment of priorities at the CFTC and SEC. Foley and Lardner will discuss the recent developments at the Commissions under the new administration and their implications for market participants.
CONTINUE READINGTrends in ETD Trading Q2 2025
FIA’s quarterly review of volume and open interest on derivatives exchanges worldwide. This webinar will provide insights into trends in trading activity in the global listed derivatives markets for the year to date.
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