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FIA Speaks Episode 7: Different Paths to Success – Gerry & Pat Corcoran
In this episode of FIA Speaks, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken interviews futures industry fixture and R.J. O’Brien Chairman and CEO Gerry Corcoran and his son, Pat Corcoran, business manager for Chance the Rapper, on their respective paths to success in business.
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CFTC Keynote Address - Expo 2019
Chairman Heath Tarbert, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, took office in July 2019. With extensive experience in financial services law, Chairman Tarbert has served in senior leadership roles in the public and private sector, most recently as Assistant Secretary for International Markets and subsequently as acting Under Secretary for International Affairs in the U.S Department of the Treasury. In his first keynote address at FIA Expo, Chairman Tarbert shared his thoughts on the CFTC’s current and future agenda, and the U.S. and global regulatory landscape.
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CFTC’s jurisdiction over fraud in the cash markets: are there any limits?
The Dodd Frank Act added a Section 6(c)(1) to the Commodity Exchange Act, entitled “Prohibition Against Manipulation.” Section 6(c)(1) authorized the CFTC to promulgate rules and regulations prohibiting any person to use or employ any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in connection with, among other things, a contract for sale of any commodity in interstate commerce.
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FIA Best Practices for Exchange Risk Controls Presentation at CFTC TAC Meeting, October 2019
FIA Best Practices for Exchange Risk Controls
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ETD Volume - September 2019
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3 billion contracts in the month of September, down 11.7% from the previous month but up 27.2% from September 2018
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FIA announces fintech startups chosen for fifth annual Innovators Pavilion
FIA today announced that 20 companies have been chosen to exhibit in the FIA Innovators Pavilion at the 35th Annual Futures and Options Expo, which will take place in Chicago on Oct. 29-31.
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Opening remarks of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken at FIA Forum: Frankfurt 2019
Opening remarks of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken at FIA Forum: Frankfurt 2019
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FIA’s FMC requests flexibility for permissible investments for FCMs
FIA’s Financial Management Committee submitted a petition for more flexibility for FCMs to invest customer funds in safe and liquid financial instruments under applicable CFTC rules.
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FIA questions new OCC capital management plan in SEC letter
FIA submitted a letter to the SEC that raises concerns about the Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) proposed new capital management plan.
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FIA responds to CFTC, SEC on non-default losses
FIA responded to both the CFTC and the SEC on ICE Clear Credit’s proposed rule amendments to allocate non-default losses for investment losses and custodial losses to clearing members.
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