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The latest industry and regulatory news affecting Europe and the U.K.
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Cross border clearing and market access: EMIR 2.2 and Brexit
In this webinar, speakers share their views on the upcoming equivalence approach, the potential impact of market fragmentation on global markets, and implications for the continued growth of derivatives clearing in Europe.
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FIA responds to ESMA’s consultation on technical standards on reporting, data quality, data access and registration of trade repositories under EMIR REFITT
FIA submitted a response to ESMA’s consultation on draft Regulatory and Implementing Technical Standards covering reporting to Trade Repositories (TRs), procedures to reconcile and validate reported data, data access by the relevant authorities and registration of the TRs.
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FIA and ISDA position paper on the CSDR settlement discipline regime
The Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have published a position paper outlining their members’ concerns in relation to the settlement discipline regime under CSDR (effective February 2021), which has a number of unintended consequences for derivatives contracts, particularly regarding margin transfer and physically settled derivatives business.
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ISDA, ASIFMA, FIA and GFXD publish EU benchmarks regulation review recommendations
LONDON, June 29, 2020 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) have published a set of recommendations to reform the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).
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Commodity market participants discuss 2020 challenges and future opportunities
Final day of FIA's IDX-V conference focuses on commodity markets
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Derivatives industry experts discuss lessons learned from COVID-19 crisis
Second day of FIA's IDX-V conference focuses on the trading cycle and post-trade processing
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FIA highlights resilience of derivatives markets in first-ever digital conference
Topics at FIA's IDX-V conference include a deep dive into the European regulatory environment, a panel discussion on how derivatives exchanges are handling record volume and volatility, and an exploration of "lessons learned" from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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FIA and ISDA respond to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) “First report for consultation: central clearing solutions for pension scheme arrangements (PSA)”
FIA and ISDA respond to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) “First report for consultation: central clearing solutions for pension scheme arrangements (PSA)” focusing on topics that affect the clearing market.
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FIA and ISDA submit joint response to ESMA consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR
FIA and ISDA submitted a joint response to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation on the review of the MiFID II/MiFIR transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the derivatives trading obligation.
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FIA, EBF and ISDA seek temporary relief for obligations under the clearing regulatory technical standards for intragroup transactions
FIA, EBF and ISDA (the associations) wrote to the European Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority to welcome the steps they have taken so far to ensure that EU derivatives counterparties can rely on the intragroup exemption from clearing under EMIR when dealing with non-EU affiliates.
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