FIA submitted a letter to the SEC that raises concerns about the Options Clearing Corporation’s (OCC) proposed new capital management plan.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’s Financial Management Committee submitted a petition for more flexibility for FCMs to invest customer funds in safe and liquid financial instruments under applicable CFTC rules.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responded to both the CFTC and the SEC on ICE Clear Credit’s proposed rule amendments to allocate non-default losses for investment losses and custodial losses to clearing members.
CONTINUE READINGPlease see attached an updated agenda for 18th September FIA Europe Operations Committee meeting. It now includes an item (3(i)) on EMIR Reporting position pairing & matching and John Graham (cc’d), who runs the FIA Reporting Working Group, will provide an update.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA sent a joint comment letter today in response to the CFTC’s call to enhance the rules governing various aspects of the Core Principles applicable to derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs). FIA and ISDA support many of the Commission’s proposed clarifications of and amendments to the regulations applicable to DCOs. However, the two trade associations recommend that the Commission amend or re-issue certain proposed rule changes to ensure that the regulatory framework supports the transparent, efficient and safe clearing of derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGThe CME Group Market Regulation Department is adopting updated guidance in its Market Regulation Advisory Notice (MRAN) concerning the execution of block trades in CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX products.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA agrees with ESMA’s assessment that user data fees are high and have increased over the past years. We also agree that new fees have been added and that market data policies and agreements are increasingly complex.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’s commodities members wrote in support of the CFTC’s efforts to improve its swap data reporting rules and stressed the importance of the Commission and public having access to accurate and reliable data.
CONTINUE READINGOn 6 September, FIA submitted a response to ESMA to their consultation on the development in prices for pre- and post-trade data and on the consolidated tape for equity instruments.
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.40 billion contracts in the month of August, up 17.4% from the previous month and up 34.9% from August 2018.
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