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  • EMIR 3.0: Key Requirements and State-of-Play

    This webinar will present the new requirements to be introduced by EMIR 3.0, expected to be published shortly in the Official Journal of the European Union following final Council sign-off. The main objective of EMIR 3.0 is to make the EU clearing landscape more attractive, resilient, and to broaden access to liquidity.

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  • ETD Volume - October 2024

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 20.56 billion contracts in October, the highest level ever recorded. This was up 3.4% from September 2024 and up 52.4% from October 2023.

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  • January 2025 in Sight: DORA State of Play

    MEMBERS ONLY - The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) sets out detailed requirements for incident reporting, ICT risk management, subcontracting, threat-led penetration testing, among other areas. This webinar will present the aim behind DORA, who it applies to, and the state of play.

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  • Commodities Enforcement Trends and Developments

    The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are highly focused on commodities enforcement investigations and actions alleging market manipulation, spoofing, insider trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. Former senior DOJ prosecutors who led commodities enforcement investigations will highlight recent trends and developments in commodities enforcement actions and prosecutions, the statutes and enforcement tools used by the government, how legal theories have evolved, and best practices to mitigate risk.

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  • Trends in ETD Trading Q3 2024

    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. Areas of focus will include equity index derivatives in India, the US and Europe, interest rate futures and options in the US and Europe, and commodity futures and options in Europe, APAC and the US.

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  • Double Trouble (or More): Effectively Navigating Parallel Investigations

    Market participants subject to enforcement investigations by the CFTC are increasingly having to deal not only with a single investigation, but also parallel investigations by the Department of Justice, non-U.S. regulators (such as in the UK, Asia, and Middle East), and sometimes the financial exchanges and other SROs. Parallel investigations present unique challenges for the target or subject, including in dealing with timing, production of information, testimony, whistleblowers, presentations, and potential resolutions – whether in the areas of market manipulation and other disruptive trading, anti-corruption, sanctions, or others. This is made all the more complicated when dealing with cross-border investigations. The team from Morgan Lewis—including a former chief of the Fraud Section and a leader of the Market Integrity & Major Frauds Unit—will address these challenges as evidenced in recent enforcement actions, and provide useful insights into approaches for navigating parallel investigations, in the U.S. and cross-border, to minimize risk and maximize the prospects for success.

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  • ETD Volume - September 2024

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 20.09 billion contracts in September, the highest level ever recorded. This was up 3.8% from August 2024 and up 48.8% from September 2023.

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  • FIA EPTA response to the ESMA Third Consultation Package on MiFIR Level 2 measures

    FIA EPTA response to the first section of ESMA’s Third Consultation Package on MiFIR Level 2 measures. This package includes proposed changes to RTS 1, the Liquid Market definition and equity CTP input/output requirements. FIA EPTA’s response is confined to the proposals regarding SI equity pre-trade transparency in RTS 1.

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  • CFTC’s Evolving Disclosure Requirements

    Traditionally, in contrast to the securities industry, transactions involving commodities and commodity derivatives have not been associated with extensive disclosures.  After the Dodd Frank amendments, swap dealers are required to provide certain disclosures to their counterparties.  Recent CFTC enforcement actions involving disclosure requirements test the outer boundaries and scope of required disclosures, in part channeling disclosure requirements imposed by the SEC.  This seminar will discuss these requirements, emerging enforcement trends as well as developing industry responses, including in the United States, European Union and United Kingdom.

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  • ETD Volume - August 2024

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 19.35 billion contracts in August, the highest level ever recorded. This was up 1.9% from July 2024 and up 38.6% from August 2023.

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