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ETD Volume - March 2020
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.54 billion contracts in the month of March, up 25.4% from the previous month and up 58.8% from March 2019.
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March 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $1.03 trillion in average notional value per day during March 2020, the second highest level ever recorded. Record trading occurred in every category except in the forward rate agreement sector.
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Joint trade association letter to ESMA on carbon benchmarks
FIA, jointly with ISDA, AFME, EFET and Europex, wrote to ESMA to express our concerns in relation to the requirement for benchmark administrators to comply with additional obligations set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/2089 (‘Low Carbon Benchmarks Regulation’) by 30 April 2020.
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Viewpoint: News from the Laundry Room
Greetings to FIA members from my home office on Capitol Hill where I split my days between my makeshift offices in my laundry room and basement. It’s certainly not glamorous but the good news is that I can simultaneously advocate for our markets while knocking off a couple of loads of laundry.
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FIA opposes short selling bans
FIA and its affiliated organizations, FIA PTG and FIA EPTA, issued a following statement in response to calls for short selling bans by global policymakers.
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FIA EPTA Letter to the BaFin on short selling and market liquidity
FIA EPTA contacted the Executive Board of BaFin to register our concern regarding the safeguarding of market liquidity and orderly price formation on German and European exchanges.
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FIA asks CFTC to allow FCMs to better use affiliate branches to avoid COVID-19 disruptions
FIA filed a request for no-action relief from the CFTC on March 26 that would allow FCMs to make better use of staff in affiliate or branch locations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trends in market structure and industry concerns
The webinar discussed findings from an industry survey conducted in partnership with Greenwich Associates, a provider of data, analytics and insights for the financial services industry.
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FIA joins trade associations and businesses to urge Trump Administration and Federal officials to keep markets open
"Keeping all U.S. financial markets open is essential to the well-being of the general economy and vital to maintaining and bolstering investor confidence, particularly once the economy recovers from the effects of this pandemic,” said the group.
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