Position Limits
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[UPDATED] Special Report: Senate Agriculture Committee Holds Hearing on CFTC Nominees
Update: On Aug. 3, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Brian Quintenz and Rostin "Russ" Behnam as CFTC Commissioners and Chris Giancarlo to serve as CFTC Chairman. The nominations were approved unanimously.
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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 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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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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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 responds to SFC consultation on proposed enhancements to the position limit regime
FIA has responded to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on its proposals to enhance the position limit regime in Hong Kong.
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FIA files letters to ESMA on position limit proposals under MiFID II
At the end of September 2016, FIA filed jointly with ISDA, GFMA, EFET and WMBA two letters to ESMA, asking for clarifications regarding the scope of the position limits regime under Art. 57 of MiFID II.
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FIA files response to FCA Consultation Paper on MiFID II implementation
On 28 October, FIA filed its response to FCA Consultation Paper 16/19 on MiFID II implementation in the UK.
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