As part of China's ongoing efforts to open up key areas of the onshore financial markets to international investors, regulators in China announced new regulations to combine the separate QFII and RQFII regulatory regimes with a unified Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) regime.
CONTINUE READINGThis virtual exercise will cover a major co-location data center loss that poses a potential systemic risk to the futures markets and its participants.
CONTINUE READINGThe speakers will discuss the development and role of class action litigation in the commodities field, including the principal statutory claims under the Commodity Exchange Act and the antitrust laws as well as common law claims, the life cycle of a class action, the principal legal issues and defenses raised and strategies employed by plaintiff and defense counsel.
CONTINUE READINGJoin us on 28 October for a webinar that will present data on volume and open interest across the global listed derivatives markets, with break-downs by asset class and region as well as comparisons to historical trends.
CONTINUE READINGFor clearing firms, managing client margin requirements across multiple CCPs for exchange-traded derivatives on a daily basis is a complex process that requires intricate operational and technological workflows.
CONTINUE READINGOn October 24th, 2020, FIA again supported the global cleared derivatives industry conduct its annual disaster recovery and connectivity test.
CONTINUE READINGThe CFTC recently finalized its interpretive guidance on what qualifies as “actual delivery” of virtual currency for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act’s retail commodity transaction definition.
CONTINUE READINGOn September 24th, representatives from Allen & Overy's Global Financial Services Regulatory and Bankruptcy practice in London and New York will provide an overview of the EU legislative framework for the recovery and resolution of CCPs operating in the EU, which has now been finalized.
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