FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken testified on capital and margin issues affecting the derivatives industry at a hearing of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit.
CONTINUE READINGFIA sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, urging the agency to finalize rules setting enhanced standards for systemically important security-based swap clearing agencies.
CONTINUE READINGFIA announced the appointment of seven new members to its Asia Advisory Board.
CONTINUE READINGAt tomorrow’s meeting of the SEC’s Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee (EMSAC), committee members and panelists will discuss a proposed framework for a potential access fee pilot.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responded to the Treasury Department's Request for Information (RFI) on the evolution of Treasury market structure.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG responded to the Treasury Department's Request for Information (RFI) on the evolution of Treasury market structure.
CONTINUE READINGIn our last piece on the CFTC’s proposed rules on automated trading, we explained why the Commission should focus only on risk controls in its first rulemaking on this topic.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will identify key SEF rules that market participants should review when designing their compliance program for trading on SEFs and highlight important differences between the rules of various SEFs related to execution protocols and trade practice rules.
CONTINUE READINGFIA filed a comment letter with Canadian regulators on Proposed National Instrument 94-102, which proposes new requirements for customer clearing and protection of collateral for OTC swaps positions.
CONTINUE READINGNFA Bylaw 1101 prohibits NFA members from conducting futures-related business with non-members that are required to be registered with the CFTC but have not done so.
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