Videos
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FIA Speaks Episode 11: CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert
Episode 11 features Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath Tarbert in a wide-ranging conversation with FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken.
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FIA EPTA response to public consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR regulatory framework
FIA EPTA members consider that MiFID II has greatly strengthened European secondary markets operational resilience, which has been borne out in the recent COVID-19 crisis where EU financial markets have 2 continued to operate in an orderly fashion in spite of very significant volatility and trading volumes.
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FIA and ISDA comment on possible reforms to the MiFID/MiFIR regulatory framework
FIA and ISDA (together the Associations) recently responded to the European Commission’s consultation paper on the review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators under the MiFID II/R.
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Block trades on CME Group exchanges during the COVID-19 pandemic
A block trade rule and guidance refresher and including insights into how CME Group Market Regulation is regulating block trades during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Overview of the Master Regulatory Reporting Agreement – derivatives reporting under EMIR
This webinar provides an overview of the structure and functioning of the Master Regulatory Reporting Agreement (MRRA) that five industry associations co-published in December 2019 with the intention to simplify reporting arrangements across different EU regulatory regimes.
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FIA commends and offers refinements to CFTC’s proposed position limits rule
FIA today commends the CFTC for proposing a workable and flexible rule on speculative position limits for derivatives.
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FIA discusses climate-related risk to FIA members, derivatives industry
FIA submitted comments to the CFTC's Market Risk Advisory Committee Climate Subcommittee on the challenges and issues related to climate change.
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Negative pricing – why it happens and its implications
This educational webinar provided information on the context of this move to negative pricing, as well as how and why this can occur in certain markets. FIA’s President and CEO Walt Lukken was joined by exchanges and market participants that provided valuable insight on this development/market phenomenon.
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AIMA, FIA EPTA, MFA and WFE issue a letter on short-sale bans in the European Union
The Alternative Investment Management Association (“AIMA”), FIA European Principal Traders Association (“FIA EPTA”), Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) and the World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”) issued a letter to express our concern that current restrictions on short selling are hurting markets, disadvantaging investors and undermining the longer-term goal of building a Capital Markets Union.
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April 2020 SEF trading activity
Trading volume on SEFs reached $823.7 billion in average notional value per day during April 2020. Trading was down in every category except in the forward rate agreement sector.
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