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FIA releases COVID-19 industry sentiment survey
Washington, DC – FIA today released the results of an industry survey to gauge the sentiment of market participants on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cleared derivatives industry.
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FIA and ISDA respond to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) “First report for consultation: central clearing solutions for pension scheme arrangements (PSA)”
FIA and ISDA respond to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) “First report for consultation: central clearing solutions for pension scheme arrangements (PSA)” focusing on topics that affect the clearing market.
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FIA and ISDA submit joint response to ESMA consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR
FIA and ISDA submitted a joint response to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the derivatives trading obligation.
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FIA EPTA response to the ESMA consultation on its review report on the transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the trading obligations for derivatives
FIA EPTA members strongly support the transparency objectives targeted by MiFID II/MiFIR and welcome the opportunity to respond to the ESMA consultation on its review report on the transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the trading obligations for derivatives.
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DOJ’s Foray into the CFTC’s Enforcement World: Spoofing, Commodities Fraud, Wire Fraud and even RICO
This webinar covered DOJ's transition from bringing Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) claims (manipulation and false reporting) to relying more heavily on commodities fraud and wire fraud.
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May 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $678 billion in average notional value per day during May 2020. This month had the lowest amount of trading so far in 2020. Trading was down in every category except in the non-forward rate agreement sector.
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FIA statement on racism and inequality
The death of George Floyd and others has laid bare the injustice and racism in our society and the desperate need for steps to address it.
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FIA, EBF and ISDA seek temporary relief for obligations under the clearing regulatory technical standards for intragroup transactions
FIA, EBF and ISDA (the associations) wrote to the European Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority to welcome the steps they have taken so far to ensure that EU derivatives counterparties can rely on the intragroup exemption from clearing under EMIR when dealing with non-EU affiliates.
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Proposed Part 190 revisions and risk management/capital issues
This webinar discussed the CFTC's proposed rule amending Part 190 (Bankruptcy rules).
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FIA PTG comments on SEC market data infrastructure proposal
In a letter submitted to the SEC today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) supported the goals of the Market Data Infrastructure Proposal to update and expand the information included in the Securities Information Processor (SIP) and to move to a decentralized consolidation model.
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