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FIA urges regulators to eliminate barriers to clearing
FIA today filed a response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s consultation on the treatment of client-cleared derivatives.
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FIA EPTA comments on ESMA’s Call for Evidence on Periodic Auctions
FIA EPTA is agnostic about the advent of periodic auction systems as such, and we welcome any form of meaningful market model innovation that is able to compete on its own merits with other market models.
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FIA honors retiring Senator Pat Roberts
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken released the following statement on the retirement announcement of Senator Pat Roberts:
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Business continuity and disaster resilience test findings published
The FIA Market Technology division completed its 15th annual continuity of business and disaster resilience test on Oct. 13, 2018. A full report on the test and its findings have been released.
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ETD Volume - December 2018
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 2.66 billion contracts in the month of December, down 3.8% from the previous month but up 29% from December 2017.
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FIA announces five new staff in London and Washington
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today announced five new staff members who have recently joined the FIA team.
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European Commission sets out no-deal Brexit Contingency Plan
The European Commission today implemented a Contingency Action Plan for a number of specific sectors in the event of a no-deal Brexit, including adopting acts to provide temporary and conditional equivalence to UK CCPs and central depositary services, as well as two delegated regulations to facilitate the novation of certain OTC derivatives.
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CFTC’s push to enforce insider trading rules in commodities markets
During this webinar, a panel of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP attorneys will discuss the CFTC’s authority to prosecute insider trading violations and Division of Enforcement’s recent announcement that it has formed an insider trading task force.
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FIA publishes guidance for European firms and third party algorithmic trading providers
MiFID II and recent supervisory guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulatory Authority require firms in scope of the rules to closely supervise their algorithmic trading systems, including the development, testing and deployment of such systems.
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FIA encouraged by reported EU equivalence of UK CCPs in the event of ‘no-deal’ Brexit
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today made the following statement regarding reported action by the European Commission to deem UK’s regulatory and legal framework for UK CCPs as equivalent under EMIR for a 12-month period in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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