FIA submitted a comment letter to the Federal Reserve on Aug. 5 supporting a proposed rule impacting a handful of large U.S. banks that are deemed to be systemically important at a global level.
CONTINUE READINGCME Group is seeking regulatory approval for new rules that will allow market participants to become "direct funding participants" of CME’s clearinghouse.
CONTINUE READINGMembers of Congress from both sides of the aisle are questioning a proposal from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would give the agency the ability to get access to the computer code that underpins automated trading systems.
CONTINUE READINGOn Sept. 5, FIA submitted a letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority responding to ESMA's consultation on a proposed delay to the clearing obligation for "Category 3" counterparties, which are financial counterparties with a limited volume of derivatives trading activity.
CONTINUE READINGRemco Lenterman has been appointed Chairman of the FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA).
CONTINUE READINGFIA sent a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in response to the regulator's discussion paper on Strengthening of the Regulatory Framework for Algorithmic Trading & Co-location.
CONTINUE READINGUntil Aug. 5, when Yahoo launched a new version of its instant messenger service, energy traders were still chatting like it was 1998.
CONTINUE READINGThe Potential for Automatic Speech Recognition in Financial Markets
CONTINUE READINGFIA filed an amicus brief in the FCStone/Sentinel litigation involving the protection of customer funds that may have been moved out of futures segregated accounts.
CONTINUE READINGScores of companies are exploring ways to apply blockchain and other forms of distributed ledger technology, the technology that underpins bitcoin, to a wide variety of financial transactions.
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