Snapshot interviews with InfoNet guest speakers and panelists
CONTINUE READINGOn April 15, in a plenary session of the European Parliament, MEPs voted to adopt the updated rules on MiFID II.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider legislation to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGThe U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider legislation to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
CONTINUE READINGApplication of the Proposed Rules as they relate to Customer Property would violate certain regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”).
CONTINUE READINGFIA today issued the following statement in response to the House Agriculture Committee’s voice vote on H.R. 4413, a bill which reauthorizes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission through September 2018.
CONTINUE READINGFIA President & CEO Walt Lukken discussed the implementation of Dodd-Frank in a keynote speech delivered at the SIFMA Compliance and Legal Seminar on April 2, 2014. Lukken focused on five broad trends affecting the derivatives industry and emphasized the need for regulatory pragmatism and cooperation as the new rules are put into effect.
CONTINUE READINGCraig Pirrong, the author of the Streetwise Professor blog, comments that “Flash Boys” is essentially a morality tale that does not capture the “true complexity” of markets or high-frequency trading.
CONTINUE READINGClifford Asness and Michael Mendelson of AQR Capital Management, an investment management firm with $98 billion in assets under management, comment that much of the criticism of HFT is misguided and add that their firm has benefitted from the reduction in trade execution costs associated with the use of HFT for market-making.
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