The rise of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has gained widespread attention since its inception in 2009.
CONTINUE READINGBoca Raton, Fla.— A record number of participants joined FIA at its 41st annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca to consider the future of the industry.
CONTINUE READINGBoca Raton, Fla.—John Boehner, Speaker of the House from 2011 to 2015, was inducted into the Futures Hall of Fame yesterday at the 41st annual FIA International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
CONTINUE READINGFIA’s set of MiFID II minimum standard recommendations for ETD eTrading for EU exchanges has now been updated to include an algo conformance statement on materiality.
CONTINUE READINGBoca Raton, Fla.—FIA announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Seven directors were elected at this meeting for one and two-year terms.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules have strengthened the regulators’ enforcement regimes and encouraged employees to report wrongdoing, but also create new requirements and hazards for employers.
CONTINUE READINGOne observation I see made regularly by commentators on electronic markets is that liquidity can 'disappear in an instant' and is somehow ephemeral. Quotes, they say, tend to fade as soon as the market notices there's a seller around. I'm always rather bemused by this observation, because it implies that in more manual markets, liquidity is (or was) more stable.
CONTINUE READINGTwo key aspects of MiFID II and MiFIR – transaction reporting and the new position limits regime – are likely to have a wide-ranging impact on any person transacting in the European derivatives markets, including traders located in the United States.
CONTINUE READINGWith the requirement for MTFs and OTFs to have objective participation criteria, MiFID II aims to dismantle existing barriers and increase competition and pre-trade transparency for all market participants. It is worth remembering, however, that despite similar objective participation criteria requirements in the US, additional guidance from regulators was required in order to address certain discriminatory practices.
CONTINUE READINGIn this webinar, John Williams, a partner at Milbank, Tweed in New York and Michael Voisin, a partner at Linklaters in London, will demonstrate the FIA CCP Risk Review™, and then go on to discuss what it reveals about CCP transparency and the practical realities of the implementation of CPMI-IOSCO’s Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure (PFMIs).
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