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The myth of order cancellations: a new study
It is sometimes said that high frequency traders aren’t really providing liquidity to the market because they cancel orders more frequently than other market participants. A new research paper shows that this really isn’t true.
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“Spoofing": how to deal with this tricky offense and its regulatory guidelines
“Spoofing” was added to the Commodity Exchange Act’s list of specifically prohibited transactions by the 2010 Dodd-Frank amendments and is now a major component of enforcement matters pursued by the exchanges, the CFTC, and increasingly criminal authorities at the Department of Justice.
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FIA kicks off new year as single, global organization
The merger of FIA, FIA Europe and FIA Asia into a single organization took effect on January 8, 2016. The newly merged organization will serve both the global and regional needs of the futures, options and cleared swaps industries.
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John Boehner
John Boehner, Speaker of the House from 2011 to 2015, was inducted into the Futures Hall of Fame at the 41st annual FIA International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
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Understanding Reg AT
On December 16, 2015, FIA held a webinar focused on educating attendees on the CFTC's new proposed rules on automated trading (referred to as "Regulation AT").
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Walt Lukken on the health of the clearing ecosystem
Walt Lukken delivered a State of the Union address to the FIA Asia Derivatives Conference 2015, touching on key issues including consolidation and lack of diversity of clearing members, the changing business model for clearing caused by regulatory costs and Basel III capital requirements, and potential fragmentation of global markets due to the lack of cross-border regulatory coordination.
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FIA PTG responds to CFTC’s proposed automated trading rule
Washington, D.C.—The FIA Principal Traders Group released a statement following the CFTC’s open meeting today to discuss the proposed rule on automated trading.
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High Frequency Trading: What’s the big deal?
This is the question asked by Evangelos Benos, from the Bank of England’s Financial Markets Infrastructure Division, on the Bank’s staff blog (Bank Underground). As well as providing a useful summary of the evolution of HFT, the main focus of the blog is a discussion of the overall impact of HFT on market quality. His conclusion? That while there are “some aspects of HFT activity that are still contentious… the inescapable conclusion that so far emerges is that HFT has mostly had a positive impact on market functioning.”
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FIA merges into single organization
Chicago—FIA announced today that official documents have been signed executing the merger of FIA, FIA Europe, FIA Asia into a single organization. The merger into one FIA will take effect on January 4, 2016.
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FIA Operations Americas releases guide to fee administration
FIA Operations Americas has published a guide to the administration of exchange and clearing transaction fees charged by U.S. futures exchanges.
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