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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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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, 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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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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ETD Volume - May 2020
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.16 billion contracts in the month of May, down 5.2% from the previous month but up 2.1% from May 2019.
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Fireside chat with James McDonald: a discussion of the CFTC's revised penalty guidance and enforcement priorities
In this webinar, special guest James McDonald, Director of the CFTC Division of Enforcement joined FIA for a virtual fireside chat.
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Viewpoint - Confessions from the Laundry Room
12,403 days. That’s the estimate of the number of times that Bill Murray painfully relives the same day as TV weatherman Phil Connors in the movie Groundhog Day.
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FIA PTG opposes CFTC proposed amendments to delay swap block reporting
n a letter submitted to the CFTC today, the FIA Principal Traders Group (FIA PTG) opposed proposed amendments to delay the reporting of block transactions in swaps for 48-hours.
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FIA commodities members support swaps data reporting changes
In a recent comment letter, FIA supports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) efforts to improve its swap data reporting rules.
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