FIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to provide input to ESMA on their draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on Level 2 of MiFID II / MiFIR.
CONTINUE READINGFIA released a statement today in support of a CFTC final rule affecting certain procedural requirements for how futures commission merchants and their customers meet margin requirements.
CONTINUE READINGWith the publication of the recent Bank of England report demonstrating that high frequency trading makes pricing more accurate in the markets it seems a good time to consider not only why this is good for the markets, but why, in fact, it benefits the economy as a whole.
CONTINUE READINGThis Special Report is the sixth in the FIA and FIA Europe’s series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (2014/65/EU) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Regulation 600/2012) (“MiFIR”), which together are referred to as “MiFID II” and come into effect on 3 January 2017.
CONTINUE READINGThis Special Report is the fifth in a series covering specific areas of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (2014/65/EU) and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (Regulation 600/2012), which together are referred to as “MiFID II” and come into effect on 3 January 2017.
CONTINUE READINGDerivatives 2015 offers the global derivatives markets a detailed insight into the key challenges and opportunities that are facing market participants and their customers, including key regulatory, operational and business issues.
CONTINUE READINGToday, FIA announced the induction of 13 members into the FIA Futures Hall of Fame.
CONTINUE READINGt’s February 2022. MiFID II legislation has been in force for five years. Five years which have reshaped our financial market structure. How does the market look?
CONTINUE READINGFIA today announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Eleven directors were elected in total at this meeting, including eight regular member directors for two-year terms and three associate member directors for two-year terms.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.K. Financial Conduct Authority named Robert Mass, head of international compliance and global head of securities division compliance at Goldman Sachs, as chairman of its markets practitioner panel, which represents the industry perspective in the U.K. regulatory framework.
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