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FIA PTG Quick Byte: in treasury markets, an amplified role for principal traders
Joe Rennison’s recent article in the Financial Times highlights the increasingly important role that principal traders now play in Treasury markets.
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FIA, FIA Europe and FIA Asia announce merger plans
The respective boards of FIA, FIA Europe and FIA Asia today announced that they have reached an agreement to formally merge the three associations in the first quarter of 2016.
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Further evidence that new rules could threaten market liquidity in Europe
A preliminary research report by three professors at the Toulouse School of Economics[1] has raised concerns over the impact impending regulations could have on market liquidity.
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EC responds to joint letter on EMIR article 13 and MiFID article 33 equivalence
EC responds to joint letter on EMIR article 13 and MiFID article 33 equivalence
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FIA statement on CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen’s resignation
Washington, D.C.—August 14, 2015—FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken released the following statement in response to CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen’s announcement that he would retire from the Commission on August 28, 2015.
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A vote of thanks as Remco Lenterman resigns as Chairman
We're sad to say that Remco Lenterman is stepping down from his role as Chairman of FIA EPTA following his departure from IMC.
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Quick Bytes from FIA PTG: fed governor calls for public discussion of treasury market structure
In remarks at the Brookings Institution today, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell discussed how structural changes may be affecting liquidity in Treasury markets.
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FIA PTG blog: regulations must evolve with markets
Last week, CFTC Chairman Tim Massad said that the agency is preparing to release a rule on automated trading by the end of the year.
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FIA urges Labor Department to revise fiduciary definition in ERISA proposal
The 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.
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