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Welcome to the FIA Principal Traders Group blog
FIA PTG is an association of more than 20 firms that trade their own capital on exchanges in futures, options and equities markets worldwide.
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Dark pools
I was recently interviewed on CNBC about high frequency trading and dark pools in Europe. Steve Sedgwick raised some interesting questions during the interview, which I wanted to address further here.
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FIA and FIA PTG comment on modernizing CFTC’s surveillance systems
FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group sent a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday, urging the CFTC to leverage existing resources as it works to develop a 21st-century surveillance system.
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General CFTC Request for Comment on Commission's Surveillance Program
General CFTC Request for Comment on Commission's Surveillance Program
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FIA seeks clarification on Ukraine Sanctions
On Aug. 1, FIA submitted a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a division of the U.S. Treasury Department, to provide information concerning the FCM role in managing its customer positions in the futures markets and the potential market impact if an FCM customer with open positions becomes the subject of asset-blocking sanctions.
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Joint Trade Associations Letter to IOSCO Secretary General on UTIs
Joint Trade Associations Letter to IOSCO Secretary General on UTIs
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FIA files supplemental comment on position limits
FIA submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 31 in response to a request for additional comment on the agency’s proposed position limits rule and its proposed position aggregation rule.
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Statement from FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken on the resignation of CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Commissioner Scott O’Malia will step down later this month. FIA issued the following statement in response to the announcement.
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FIA elects new chairman and two new board members
FIA today announced that the members of FIA’s board of directors elected Gerald F. Corcoran, chairman and chief executive officer of R.J. O’Brien & Associates LLC, as chairman of FIA.
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