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Gaming and regulation of events contracts
This webinar addresses the unique authority Congress gave the CFTC in the Dodd-Frank Act to review event contracts – contracts relating to terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, and activities that are illegal under state or federal law – and to prohibit them if the CFTC determines they do not serve the public interest.
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ETD Volume - October 2021
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 5.54 billion contracts in the month of October, making it the third highest level recorded.
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FIA Statement on Commissioner Mairead McGuinness comments on central clearing
A today issued the following statement on Commissioner Mairead McGuinness announcement on the proposed way forward for central clearing:
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The UK's approach to cross-border clearing
In this webinar, Christina Segal-Knowles speaks about the Bank of England's application of "safe openness" in its post-Brexit approach to non-UK CCPs clearing in the UK. When it left the EU, the UK onshored EMIR 2.2 a new legal framework for recognising, regulating and supervising non-UK central counterparties (CCPs).
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Stable named FIA Innovator of the Year; X-Margin is the runner-up and Databento wins the People’s Choice Award
FIA announced the results of its 2021 pitch competition for fintech startups.
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Opening remarks of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken at Expo 2021
Good morning and welcome to FIA Expo. It’s been two years since we last met here in Chicago, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be back. Before Covid, my annual calendar revolved around FIA conferences.
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Isn’t it just software: Does my technology-based service or product trigger any regulatory obligations?
In this webinar, we discussed innovative platforms and products that challenge current regulatory regimes and that may or may not be subject to regulatory requirements based on the offering facts and circumstances. For example, we discussed prediction market, NFTs, DeFi, and A.I./automation/roboadvisors.
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Crypto for FCM customer accounts
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division (MPD) (formerly the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight) published guidance regarding the deposit of virtual (crypto) currencies by customers and holding of these currencies by futures commission merchants (FCMs) to margin customer transactions in crypto currency futures.
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ETD Volume - September 2021
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 5.63 billion contracts in the month of September, making it the highest level recorded.
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FIA Legal Opinions Refresher
If you are an experienced user of FIA legal opinions, new to the world of FIA netting and other legal opinions for regulatory capital purposes or just curious as to why FIA maintains a library of legal opinions, tune in to this FIA webinar where experts from Clifford Chance LLP and FIA explain the types of legal opinions that FIA maintains, their structure and purpose in the context of regulatory capital requirements.
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