Commodities archive
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FIA Requests relief from position limit aggregation rules
FIA wrote to the CFTC requesting interpretative guidance or no-action relief for market participants in complying with certain position aggregation requirements.
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FIA and ISDA comment on information disclosures for commodity derivatives
FIA and ISDA submitted a joint response to the FCA Quarterly Consultation Paper 17/6.
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FIA draft Q&As on position reporting submitted to ESMA
Following a joint FIA/EFET/GFMA/ISDA letter to ESMA in December 2016, the trade associations jointly submitted draft Q&As to ESMA on position reporting under Art. 58 of MiFID II.
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Protecting Liquidity
On Feb. 17 FIA submitted a letter to the Federal Reserve Board requesting more careful study before the regulator moves forward on proposed requirements that would restrict bank activities in physical commodities.
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FIA: position limits rule needs more study and hedging exemptions
FIA has submitted comments urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to assess whether position limits are needed and to expand exemptions for hedging activities before setting any new federal position limits.
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FIA, GFMA, ISDA and EFET jointly submit comment letters to ESMA on position limits under MiFID II
On 22 February, FIA, GFMA, ISDA and EFET jointly submitted two comment letters to ESMA on the position limits regime to be introduced under MiFID II.
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Guidance on commodity derivatives
The FCA have added information on position limits and position reporting under Art. 57 and 58 MiFID II on their website.
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FIA responds to Fed proposal on bank physical commodities activity
On Feb. 17, FIA submitted a letter to the Federal Reserve Board requesting more careful study before moving forward on a proposed rule that would restrict or eliminate bank activities in physical commodities.
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Special Report: CFTC Calls for Another Round of Comment on Position Limits
On Dec. 5, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted unanimously to reissue rules establishing federal position limits on speculative trading in commodity futures and swaps for another round of public comment.
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FIA submits comment letter on MiFID II position reporting regime for commodity derivatives
FIA, ISDA, GFMA, EFET, LEBA and WMBA jointly submitted a comment letter to ESMA to ask for clarification on certain aspects of the new position reporting regime for commodity derivatives under MiFID II, which will apply from 3 January 2018.
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