FSB Consultation on Aggregation of OTC Data
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CONTINUE READINGI am a very keen follower of ice speed-skating, which is a popular sport in my home country The Netherlands. Over the last few weeks I’ve watched skaters participating in World Cup races to qualify for the Sochi Olympics this week, and it occurs to me that there are some interesting parallels between this very competitive sport and the skills I learned in my career in the securities markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA provides the CFTC with the comments and recommendations set forth below in response to the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning Position Limits for Derivatives, 78 Fed. Reg. 75680 (Dec. 12, 2013) (“Proposed Rule”).
CONTINUE READINGResponse to EU Parliament and Council proposal on regulation of benchmarks
CONTINUE READINGRequest for Confirmation of Rule Interpretations with Respect to CFTC Rule 1.73
CONTINUE READINGPresident Obama on Nov. 12 nominated Timothy Massad, a senior Treasury Department official, to serve as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term ending in April 2017
CONTINUE READINGThe German law for the prevention of risks and abuses in high frequency trading, the High Frequency Trading Act, came into effect in May 2013. The law introduced new requirements for algorithmic and high frequency trading firms that are active in German securities and derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGOn Dec. 11 FIA submitted an extensive response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s “Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading,” which was issued in September as part of a broad examination of the impact of technology on U.S. futures markets.
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