This panel provides an overview of the CFTC’s considerable volume of enforcement activity in 2020. Panelists focus on enforcement trends and developments while also recapping the busy regulatory agenda of the outgoing administration. The panel provides a look ahead to what market participants can expect from the CFTC under the incoming Biden Administration in 2021.
CONTINUE READINGFIA today released yearly statistics that show the total number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide reached a record level of 46.77 billion contracts in 2020, up 35.6% from 2019.
CONTINUE READINGFIA statement on the change of administration and new acting chair of the CFTC
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 4.63 billion contracts in the month of December, up 4.1% from the previous month and up 64% from December 2019.
CONTINUE READINGFIA President and CEO today made the following statement on the nomination of Gary Gensler to lead the SEC.
CONTINUE READINGGoogle Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions to help them solve their most critical business problems.
CONTINUE READINGIn November, Democrats reclaimed the White House and held their control over the US House of Representatives. Then in January, the party gained two seats in Senate through a runoff election in Georgia, dividing power 50-50 between the two parties. Here's a look at changes in leadership and potential priorities for Congress in 2021 and beyond.
CONTINUE READINGFIA President and CEO Walt Lukken reflects on the recent insurrection at the US Capitol.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responded to the ESMA Consultation Paper on draft guidelines on the MiFID II/MiFIR obligations on market data from the perspective of market data users.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA members welcome the opportunity to respond to this Consultation Paper on Guidelines on the MiFID II/ MiFIR obligations on market data. FIA EPTA has consistently supported ESMA’s work on market data issues and we very much welcomed ESMA’s review report from December 2019 and its draft Guidelines which build on this report. As we have shown in our response to ESMA’s previous consultation in 2019, user data fees are high and have increased over the past years.
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