On July 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee discussed the agency's proposed rules on position limits.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, EFET and ISDA have published a joint position paper setting our member concerns regarding the capital requirements regime for commodities.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed re-definition of the term “fiduciary” in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is so broad that it could be interpreted to capture services provided by futures commission merchants and prevent them from executing trades for pension plans, FIA said in a July 21 letter.
CONTINUE READINGThe 2015 L&C Keynote Lunch Remarks were given by General Michael Hayden, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Former Director, National Security Agency.
CONTINUE READINGThe FIA Principal Traders Group released a statement today in response to the Joint Staff Report on the U.S. Treasury Market on October 15, 2014.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has submitted a response to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) jointly with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA).
CONTINUE READINGThe Australian Treasury and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission released draft legislative amendments to implement the proposed central clearing mandate for OTC derivatives in Australia and to provide relief from trade reporting obligations for certain users.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe’s InfoNet on innovation brought together experts in Fintech and disruptive technology from both the incumbent firms within the technology space in the derivatives industry to start-ups.
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