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FIA submits response to the European Commission consultation on a renewed sustainable finance strategy
FIA has issued a response to the European Commission consultation on a renewed sustainable finance strategy.
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FIA EPTA response to the Capital Markets Union High Level Forum final report
FIA EPTA members welcome the opportunity to give feedback to the Capital Markets Union High Level Forum final report. The Capital Markets Union is essential for building up a stronger equity culture in Europe and for opening up or expanding other sources of capital for financing. And of course, a more diversified financial system is also more resilient and stable. FIA EPTA members strongly believe proportionate regulation of the financial markets is key to achieving the twin goals of strengthening economic growth and ensuring financial stability.
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ETD Volume - June 2020
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.97 billion contracts in the month of June, up 25.8% from the previous month and up 38.6% from June 2019.
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FIA commends European Commission for improvements to EMIR 2.2 Delegated Acts and stresses concerns about timing of equivalence decisions
FIA today responded to the European Commission consultations on EMIR 2.2 Delegated Acts for the criteria for tiering of classifying a third-country CCP as systemically important and comparable compliance for Tier 2 third-country CCPs. The response was submitted jointly with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).
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Cross border clearing and market access: EMIR 2.2 and Brexit
In this webinar, speakers share their views on the upcoming equivalence approach, the potential impact of market fragmentation on global markets, and implications for the continued growth of derivatives clearing in Europe.
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June 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $783 billion in average notional value per day during June 2020. Trading was up in every category.
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FIA responds to ESMA’s consultation on technical standards on reporting, data quality, data access and registration of trade repositories under EMIR REFITT
FIA submitted a response to ESMA’s consultation on draft Regulatory and Implementing Technical Standards covering reporting to Trade Repositories (TRs), procedures to reconcile and validate reported data, data access by the relevant authorities and registration of the TRs.
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FIA PTG responds to Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission public hearing notice
FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) responded to the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Public Hearing Notice SDM No. 9/19.
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FIA and ISDA position paper on the CSDR settlement discipline regime
The Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have published a position paper outlining their members’ concerns in relation to the settlement discipline regime under CSDR (effective February 2021), which has a number of unintended consequences for derivatives contracts, particularly regarding margin transfer and physically settled derivatives business.
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ISDA, ASIFMA, FIA and GFXD publish EU benchmarks regulation review recommendations
LONDON, June 29, 2020 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) have published a set of recommendations to reform the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
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