FIA welcomes a recent discussion paper on practices used by central counterparties to address non-default losses, such as losses from cyberattacks or system outages.
CONTINUE READINGThis webinar will highlight the main trends in trading activity in Q2 2022 in the global exchange-traded derivatives markets, with category and regional breakdowns as well as exchange and contract rankings.
CONTINUE READINGFIA hosted Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a "lunch and learn" conversation with high school students on 2 August as part of the Greenwood Project's outreach to young people interested in pursuing careers in financial services.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Banking Authority (EBA) Discussion Paper on the role of Environmental Risks in the Prudential Framework. In 2019 FIA EPTA established a Sustainable Finance Committee for its member firms to explore how liquidity providers can contribute to the green transition. It is FIA EPTA’s view that sustainable finance offers a great promise in unlocking investment capital that is essential for fighting climate change and mitigating its impact for citizens.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has responded to three of the four consultations published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on the CCP Resolution Regime. The responses cover two mandated guidelines on the assessment of resolvability and cooperation arrangement between member states and third-country authorities, and non-mandated guidelines on the resolution plan summary. The associations did not respond to the consultation on the standard written arrangement template for the resolution college
CONTINUE READINGTrading volume on swap execution facilities reached $878.6 billion in average notional value per day during June 2022. This was down 5.7% from the previous month but up 1.4% from the same month of the previous year. Trading was down in every sector except for FX and non-FRA trading.
CONTINUE READINGDuring this webinar, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young will discuss emerging questions in crypto derivatives regulation at the CFTC and SEC as well as the extent of the regulators’ reach into offshore crypto derivatives activity.
CONTINUE READINGThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted 5-0 to advance a proposed rule related to governance requirements for derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) during an open meeting on July 27. The proposed rule also requests comment on additional areas related to governance requirements for DCOs, for the Commission’s consideration in potential use in future rulemaking.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 7 billion contracts in the month of June, the highest monthly total ever recorded.
CONTINUE READINGPost-trade and workflow solutions provider OSTTRA, the new home of industry-shaping businesses MarkitServ, Traiana, TriOptima and Reset, brings the expertise, processes and networks together to solve the post-trade challenges of the global financial markets.
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