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Arthur Hahn
Arthur Hahn served as global co-chair of the Financial Services practice at Katten Muchin Rosenman with a career spanning 37 years at the firm.
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Joanne Medero
Joanne Medero has more than 30 years of financial services experience and most recently, from December 2009 until her retirement in July 2020, was a managing director in the Government Relations and Public Policy Group at BlackRock.
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Steve Staszak
Steve Staszak is the former executive director of clearing operations at CME Group.
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FIA EPTA response to the ESMA CfE on the DLT pilot regime
FIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Call for Evidence on the DLT Pilot Regime. FIA EPTA believes it is an important step by ESMA to review the DLT space as it will grow in use and importance. Over the past years, FIA ETPA Members have become increasingly active in the Digital Assets space and several members have become liquidity providers in this new and developing market.
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The Archegos Rules: What the SEC’s security-based swap proposals mean for your business
In December 2021, the SEC proposed a series of rules that—if adopted—will dramatically affect how firms deploy security-based swaps in their equity and fixed income trading strategies.
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Exchange Briefing: Cboe Europe Derivatives and EuroCCP
In this briefing, CEDX provides an update on their progress to date and their roadmap for 2022. EuroCCP, wholly-owned by Cboe since July 2020, is CEDX’s clearing provider. Find background information on CEDX here.
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FIA and ISDA respond to the Bank of England’s approach to tiering incoming CCPs under UK EMIR 2.2
FIA jointly with ISDA has submitted its response to the BoE’s proposed approach to tiering under UK EMIR 2.2.
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FIA responds to HMT Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review: Bank of England regulation of CCPs and CSDs
FIA recently submitted its response to HM Treasury's central counterparties and central securities depositories reform proposals under the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review.
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FIA responds to proposed changes to EU Capital Requirements Regulation
FIA's response focuses on the uncertainty that the proposed new segregation condition brings for banks’ ability to offset initial margin for the purposes of calculating the exposure value under the leverage ratio framework for derivatives.
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FIA, ISDA submit amicus brief in Kahle v. Cargill case
FIA along with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association submitted an amicus brief, in support of defendants, in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York. The amicus brief urges the court to grant defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint in in Kahle v. Cargill, Inc., arguing that the swap agreement safe harbor at issue (11 U.S.C. § 546(g)) preempts state-law fraudulent-conveyance claims brought by Plaintiff, an assignee in state insolvency proceedings.
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