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Welcome to the FIA Principal Traders Group blog
FIA PTG is an association of more than 20 firms that trade their own capital on exchanges in futures, options and equities markets worldwide.
CONTINUE READINGISDA and FIA Europe submit a joint response to the ESMA Consultation Paper Clearing Obligation No. 1 IRS
FIA Europe strongly support the overarching goal of reducing systemic risk in OTC derivative markets by introducing obligation to clear certain classes of OTC derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGDark pools
I was recently interviewed on CNBC about high frequency trading and dark pools in Europe. Steve Sedgwick raised some interesting questions during the interview, which I wanted to address further here.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and FIA PTG comment on modernizing CFTC’s surveillance systems
FIA and the FIA Principal Traders Group sent a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday, urging the CFTC to leverage existing resources as it works to develop a 21st-century surveillance system.
CONTINUE READINGGeneral CFTC Request for Comment on Commission's Surveillance Program
General CFTC Request for Comment on Commission's Surveillance Program
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA Responds to MiFID II Consultation
The FIA European Principal Traders Association, together with its affiliates FIA and FIA Europe, jointly responded on August 1 to the European Securities and Markets Authority's consultation process for the implementation of the recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the new Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe files its responses to the MiFID II/R Discussion Paper and Consultation Paper with ESMA
The filing of these responses represents merely the start of the industry's engagement on these key issues - we look forward to working with members and regulators in the coming months as we continue our collaborative engagement with rule-writers to seek clear, proportionate, regulation that interacts smoothly with similar third county rules.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Affiliates Respond to MiFID II Consultation
FIA, FIA Europe and FIA European Principal Traders Association have submitted two sets of responses to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s consultation on MiFID II, the overhaul of the EU’s rules for markets in financial instruments.
CONTINUE READINGFIA seeks clarification on Ukraine Sanctions
On Aug. 1, FIA submitted a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a division of the U.S. Treasury Department, to provide information concerning the FCM role in managing its customer positions in the futures markets and the potential market impact if an FCM customer with open positions becomes the subject of asset-blocking sanctions.
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