Futures Industry Association (Fia)
Lack of ESMA Data Fuels Energy Firms’ MiFID Woes
Stella Farrington reports on how a hold-up in data from ESMA is causing havoc for commodity firms that need to perform tests to determine whether they fall under the scope of MiFID II.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 62: Shadow IT, CFTC’s Giancarlo at FIA Boca
The guys talk about Dan’s feature and Anthony’s trip to Florida for the industry’s biggest futures conference.
Clarient Partners with FIA Tech for CFTC Reporting
Centralized platform aims to simplify reporting process
FIA Principal Traders Recommend Axing Trade-Through
White paper suggests broad-based overhaul of Reg NMS
Saxo Appoints Ex-FOA CEO
Saxo Capital Markets UK has announced that Anthony Belchambers, former CEO of the Futures and Options Associations (FOA) will join the firm as a non-executive director.
Ladd Replaces Spanbroek to Lead Prop-Trading Body
The European Principal Traders Association (Epta), a subsidiary of the Futures Industry Association (FIA), announced today that Johannah Ladd has taken on the role of secretary general at the lobby group.
Futures Trade Bodies Combine as FIA Global
The Futures and Options Association (FOA) and the Futures Industry Association (FIA), trade groups representing participants in derivatives markets, have agreed to merge, and will become a single organization under the name FIA Global.
After Lsoc Implementation, Talk of Algo-Enabled Portability
The legally-segregated, operationally-comingled (Lsoc) paradigm is designed to bring greater protection to futures on a customer and ecosystem basis. Futures Commissions Merchants (FCMs) and clearinghouses are pondering a pair of technology issues as…
Gensler Rebuffs Regulatory Reach Critics in FIA Keynote
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Gary Gensler has defended elements of the Dodd-Frank Act over perceived extra-territoriality, in his keynote address to the Futures Industry Association's (FIA) annual conference in Boca Raton,…
Post-MF Global, FCM Regulations Must Take Tech Into Account
A panel of experts at FIA New York describes the futures industry's good work post-MF Global, but technology issues could use more attention.
