http://www.futuresindustry.org/ FIA is the only association representative of all organizations that have an interest in the futures market. FIA has more than 180 corporate members, reaching thousands of industry participants. en-us Copyright 2012 on Behalf of the Futures Industry Association - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 23 May 2012 06:42:00 EST 20 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1934 At a March 29 meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hosted a discussion of industry efforts to reach a consensus on how to apply credit checks to customer trades in cleared swaps. The discussion was led by ... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:22:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1934 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1914 The FIA on March 9 filed a request with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for an extension of the March 20 deadline to comply with large-trader reporting for physical commodity swaps (Part 20). The FIA request explains that clearing members are una ... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:59:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1914 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1910 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a public meeting on Feb. 23 to consider two rulemakings. One is a final rule on business conduct standards for swap dealers, major swap participants, futures commission merchants and introducing brokers. ... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:04:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1910 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1904 Six leading financial industry trade associations have expressed concern about the impact of U.S. swap dealer registration requirements on firms engaged in the global swap markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has said it would accept comment ... Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:30:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1904 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1901 The Futures Industry Association submitted comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Jan. 17 related to the position limits rules that the agency adopted on Oct. 18, 2011. The final rules set limits for 28 physical commodity futures contr ... Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:47:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1901 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1893 The FIA has expressed support for a petition filed by ICE Clear Credit for regulatory approval to hold customer positions in credit default swaps in a single futures account so that the clearinghouse and its members can offer portfolio margining to their ... Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:59:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1893 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1864 The Futures Industry Association and International Swaps and Derivatives Association filed a joint comment letter on Sept. 30 responding to a proposed rule issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding documentation for cleared swaps and t ... Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:23:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1864 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1861 The Futures Industry Association submitted a comment letter on Sept. 29 responding to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed Rule 1.73, which would require clearing member FCMs to adopt and implement comprehensive risk management policies an ... Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:19:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1861 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1857 The FIA joined with six other U.S. financial trade associations in filing a joint letter on the treatment of derivatives trades involving two affiliates of the same organization under the Dodd-Frank Act. The Sept. 8 letter described how inter-affiliate s ... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:50:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1857 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1853 The FIA filed a letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 26 seeking guidance on the large trader rules for physical commodity swaps. The FIA said that clearing firms will have to make significant changes to their systems in order to p ... Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:48:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1853 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1849 The FIA joined with two other trade associations in filing a joint comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules regarding business conduct standards for dealers and major participants in the security-based swaps market. The other tw ... Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:15:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1849 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1843 The FIA submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 8 in response to the CFTC's proposed rules governing the protection of cleared swaps customer contracts and collateral. The FIA noted that the CFTC proposal sought com ... Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:57:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1843 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1847 The FIA submitted comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 8 in response to proposed amendments requiring that futures commission merchants, introducing brokers and members of designated contract markets and swap execution facilities ... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:32:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1847 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1820 The FIA joined with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in filing a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 7 regarding the agency's proposed capit ... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:37:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1820 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1817 The FIA joined with several other trade associations in commenting on a proposed exemptive order that will temporarily delay the effective date for certain Dodd-Frank provisions that would otherwise take effect on July 1. The July 1 letter asked the Comm ... Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:26:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1817 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1802 FIA President John Damgard provided members of the Senate Agriculture Committee with the FIA perspective on the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act at a hearing on June 15. Damgard emphasized the importance of international harmonization of derivat ... Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:30:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1802 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1799 The FIA and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association submitted comments on June 3 to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the agency's proposed chief compliance officer rules. In the letter, the groups asserted, among other things, ... Tue, 7 Jun 2011 14:31:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1799 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1795 The FIA on June 1 asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to provide a temporary exemption from new regulatory requirements that will apply to clearing firms conducting OTC energy business in the U.S. through ICE Clear Europe. The FIA explained tha ... Fri, 3 Jun 2011 09:25:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1795 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1792 The FIA joined with six other industry groups in urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend the consultation process on Dodd-Frank rulemakings. In a May 26 letter to the CFTC, the groups expressed ... Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:34:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1792 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1789 The FIA submitted a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 25 recommending that the agency re-issue its proposed speculative position limit rules to clarify how the agency intends to aggregate positions within a firm. The FIA submitted ... Thu, 26 May 2011 09:29:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1789 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1786 FIA President John Damgard discussed some of the adverse consequences of the extraterritorial impact of the Dodd-Frank Act at a May 25 hearing of the House Agriculture Committee's subcommittee on general farm commodities and risk management. Damgard focu ... Wed, 25 May 2011 14:11:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1786 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1783 The FIA and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets association jointly submitted comments on May 17 in response to the CFTC's proposed interpretive order on anti-disruptive practices authority. The FIA and SIFMA warned in the joint letter that the ... Tue, 17 May 2011 15:36:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1783 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1773 The Futures Industry Association on May 10 submitted a comment letter responding to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the registration of intermediaries. The FIA letter expressed its support for a provis ... Tue, 10 May 2011 14:18:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1773 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1775 The Futures Industry Association co-signed a May 4 letter with the Financial Services Forum, International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association that included a series of recommendations to regula ... Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:55:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1775 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1779 A group of financial trade associations including the Futures Industry Association warned the Securities and Exchange Commission that proposed limits on ownership and governance at swaps-based clearinghouses could curb the use of central clearing for swa ... Wed, 11 May 2011 10:49:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1779 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1767 The Futures Industry Association on April 14 submitted a comment letter responding to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's notice of proposed rulemaking relating to the processing, clearing and transfer of customer swap positions. The FIA letter ex ... Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1767 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1761 The FIA submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 7 in response to the agency's notice of proposed rulemaking establishing risk management requirements for derivatives clearing organizations. The proposed rules woul ... Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:37:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1761 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1757 The Futures Industry Association and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association filed a joint letter on April 1 commenting on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed rule on the regulation of commodity options and agricultural swaps ... Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:27:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1757 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1753 The FIA on March 25 submitted a detailed response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed rulemaking on speculative position limits. Although the FIA continues to oppose implementation of hard limits and continues to challenge the view that ... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:47:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1753 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1741 The Futures Industry Association's Law and Compliance Executive Committee submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor on March 7 raising concern over the Department's effort to expand its definitions to clarify when a service provider is considered ... Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:29:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1741 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1736 Speaking before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management, FIA President John Damgard called for a "measured" implementation of the derivatives reforms contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and described a number of problems with the rules proposed ... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:30:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1736 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1734 The Futures Industry Association has co-signed a Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association letter submitted Feb. 3 to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission responding to the agency's proposed rule to implement the whistleblower provisions o ... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:11:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1734 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1710 A coalition of financial industry trade associations on Feb. 1, 2011 submitted a comment letter to the Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research on a proposal to develop a system of uniform legal entity identifiers to measure and evaluate system ... Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:02:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1710 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1713 The Futures Industry Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association submitted a joint comment letter on Jan. 18 in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed new framework for the responsibilities of chief c ... Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:34:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1713 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1703 The Futures Industry Association, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed a joint letter on Jan. 18 commenting on two proposed rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commissio ... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:47:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1703 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1702 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Jan 18 in response to the CFTC's advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the protection of customer collateral posted with futures commission merchants in connection ... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:02:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1702 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1695 The Futures Industry Association submitted comments on Dec. 23 in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal related to the certification and approval of new products, rules and amendments submitted to the agency by derivatives cleari ... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:15:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1695 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1690 The FIA, SIFMA and ISDA filed a joint comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Dec. 28, 2010 regarding its proposed rules to implement new anti-manipulation authority in Section 753 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The FIA urged the CFTC to p ... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:03:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1690 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1705 After several months of consultation with a working group of industry representatives, the FIA has developed an approach to collecting information about customer accounts that could serve as an alternative to the ownership and control reports proposed by ... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:56:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1705 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1688 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Dec. 13 responding to the agency's proposed financial resource requirements for derivatives clearing organizations. The FIA urged the CFTC to require that all clearinghouses m ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:47:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1688 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1685 Eleven financial trade associations including the FIA have urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to use their discretion in setting the effective dates for the new derivatives regulations mandated by th ... Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:39:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1685 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1681 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commisson on Dec. 2 responding to the agency's proposed rule for the reporting of positions in physical commodity swaps. The proposed rule is intended to serve as a "transitional tool" for ... Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:51:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1681 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1679 The Futures Industry and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association on Dec. 2 filed a joint comment letter responding to proposed amendments to Rules 1.25 and 30.7 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which govern the investment of custo ... Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:48:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1679 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1675 The Futures Industry Association recommended that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission withdraw or defer acting on rules to limit ownership of clearinghouses and swap execution facilities. "FIA believes that ... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:44:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1675 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1672 The Futures Industry Association co-signed an International Swaps and Derivatives Association letter submitted on Nov. 12 to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the agency's interim final rule for reporting swap transactions that were entered into ... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:45:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1672 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1649 The Commodity Futures Trading today is holding a public meeting to consider the fifth series of proposed rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposals included rules relating to the segregation of customer collateral for uncleared swaps, swap data reposit ... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:35:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1649 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1634 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is holding a public meeting today to consider several proposed rules as required by the Dodd-Frank law. These rules address such issues as the registration of foreign boards of trade, conflicts of interest for swa ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:03:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1634 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1638 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting on Oct. 26 to consider a number of rulemakings related to the Dodd-Frank Act. These rulemakings will lead to rules governing such issues as the determination of what products should be subject ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:55:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1638 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1625 Responding to an advanced notice of proposed rules published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the FIA on Oct. 22 filed a letter arguing that agricultural swaps should be treated in the same way as other types of OTC derivatives. The FIA also a ... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:40:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1625 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1611 The Futures Industry Association on Oct. 1, 2010 submitted a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the application of speculative position limits on listed and over-the-counter derivatives involving exempt and agricultural commodities. The ... Mon, 4 Oct 2010 13:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1611 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1590 Responding to a request for comment from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding a proposed rule on co-location and proximity hosting services, the Futures Industry Association filed a comment letter on July 12 expressing its support for the CF ... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:02:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1590 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1584 On July 8, the Futures Industry Association, National Futures Association, Managed Funds Association and CME Group joined forces to file an amicus curiae brief in support of the exclusive regulatory jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commissio ... Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:38:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1584 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1569 The Futures Industry Association, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and the Investment Company Institute co-signed a June 9 letter to the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Securities and Exchange Co ... Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:31:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1569 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1542 The FIA on May 6, 2010 submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a report recently released by the FIA recommending several principles for managing the risks in direct access to derivatives exchanges. The FIA submitted the report in respon ... Mon, 10 May 2010 09:37:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1542 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1518 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 30, 2010 on the proposed amendments to rules 140.72 and 140.73. These amendments relate to the CFTC's ability to delegate to CFTC staff its authority to disclose confid ... Wed, 5 May 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1518 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1511 Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 GOP substitute to Dodd bill ... Wed, 5 May 2010 15:33:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1511 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1487 The Futures Industry Association submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Jan. 15, 2010 responding to a CFTC proposal that would authorize a bankruptcy trustee to operate a commodity brokerage business for a limited perio ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1487 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1482 The Futures Industry Association submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 4, 2010 urging the agency to reject a proposal by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that would set a limit on the amount of leverage u ... Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:03:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1482 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1458 The Futures Industry Association on Oct. 1, 2009 submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in connection with the recent amendments to the commitment of traders report.  FIA suggested that the Commission add information ... Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1458 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1478      The Futures Industry Association and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association co-signed a Dec. 16 letter to the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The two associations commented joi ... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:17:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1478 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1455       Speaking before the House Agriculture Committee on Sept. 17, 2009, FIA President John Damgard outlined several concerns with the Treasury Department's proposal for derivatives regulation and urged the committee to "pru ... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:23:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1455 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1447       The Futures Industry Association on Sept. 14, 2009 submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the possible harmonization of market regulation. ... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1447 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1450       The Futures Industry Association on Sept. 14, 2009 filed comment letters with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding two regulatory proposals related to the clearing of over-the-counter derivatives. One letter r ... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:51:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1450 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1443                On Sept. 2, 2009, the Futures Industry Association participated in a joint meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission ... Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1443 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1431           The Futures Industry Association supports efforts to protect investors in the retail foreign currency markets and urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to coordinate with the Commodity Futures ... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:35:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1431 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1428         The Futures Industry Association has recommended a range of changes to Rule 1.25 and 30.7 regarding the investment of customer funds. In its July 20 comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:39:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1428 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1421             The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 6 regarding proposed amendments to the minimum financial requirements for futures commission merchants ... Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:23:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1421 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1417           The Futures Industry Association opposed suitability and know-your-customer rules proposed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, warning the securities industry regulator that application o ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1417 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1412             The FIA sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25, 2009 expressing strong opposition to a proposed tax on futures transactions. In the letter, which was jointly signed ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:39:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1412 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1392 The Futures Industry Association on May 26, 2009 submitted comments to the International Organization of Securities Commissions regarding its consultation paper on direct electronic access. The comments covered a number of issues, including minimum custo ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:57:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1392 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1390 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 27 adopted a final definition of "public director" for the acceptable practices section of the Commodity Exchange Act. The action completes a long-running effort by the CFTC to improve the governance of U ... Wed, 20 May 2009 15:39:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1390 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1382 The Futures Industry Association filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on March 23, 2009 regarding a CFTC proposal to clarify the obligations incurred by depository banks when accepting customer funds. The FIA said it "gene ... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:55:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1382 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1369 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Feb. 20, 2009 to express its support for proposed amendments to the CFTC's "Acceptable Practice" for compliance with the core principle on avoiding conflicts of interest. A ce ... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:09:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1369 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1368 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Feb. 20, 2009, to express its opposition to a proposed "leverage limitation" on retail foreign exchange trading. The proposed rule would apply to registered broker-de ... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:09:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1368 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1357 The Government Accountability Office, the research and investigative arm of the U.S. Congress, released a report on Jan. 8, 2009 that highlights the weaknesses of the fragmented regulatory system for U.S. financial services industry. The report does not ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:15:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1357 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1355 Washington, D.C. – January 5, 2009 – The Futures Industry Association today submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on proposed rules for trading away from the centralized market.  The FIA expressed support for the ... Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:47:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1355 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1348 Washington, – Nov. 13, 2008 – The Futures Industry Association has submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the Joint Audit Committee Operating Agreement that would change the system for auditing futures commission mercha ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:06:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1348 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1340 The Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general in reports issued on Sept. 25 found numerous failings in the SEC's oversight of investment banks under its "consolidated supervised entity" program. The investigation was requested in April by Se ... Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:58:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1340 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1322 July 9, 2008—The Futures Industry Association today released the written text of testimony that will be delivered to the House Agriculture Committee on July 11. The committee is holding three days of hearings from July 9 to July 11 on a number of proposal ... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:31:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1322 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1320 On June 23, 2008, FIA along with the CME Group, NYMEX and MFA filed a joint comment letter with the Federal Trade Commission which addressed the FTC's implementation of section 811 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Section 811 gives th ... Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:26:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1320 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1300 WASHINGTON, D.C.-April 23, 2008-The Futures Industry Association today released the text of a letter sent to the Indian government that expressed strong opposition to the recently proposed transaction tax on commodity futures. The letter was sent to Prim ... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:56:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1300 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1298 The FIA's Law and Compliance Executive Committee has adopted the attached Security Agreement Assignment of Hedging Account ("security agreement") as a proposed industry standard to be used when a Client ("Debtor") must grant to a third party ("Secured Pa ... Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:36:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1298 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1284 Washington—Feb. 27, 2008—The FIA has filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission saying it "strongly supports" a proposed exemption from the CFTC's registration requirements for foreign brokers that are affiliated with U.S. future ... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1284 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1278 Washington, D.C.—Feb. 5, 2008—Today the Treasury Department made public a comment letter from the antitrust division of the Justice Department regarding the structure of the U.S. futures markets. In response to inquiries from the press about this letter, ... Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:41:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1278 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1276 On Dec. 3, 2007, t he Futures Industry Association published a six-page "profile" on the practices used by exchanges and futures commission merchants to monitor and manage the risks of clients that access exchanges directly. The paper summarized the ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:05:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1276 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1263 The Futures Industry Association filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Oct. 9, 2007 regarding a petition filed by the CME Group on behalf of the China Foreign Exchange and Interbank Trading System, an arm of China's centr ... Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:32:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1263 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1237 The FIA filed a comment letter with the Financial Services Authority on Aug. 3 expressing opposition to a proposed requirement that all telephone conversations be recorded. The proposed requirement is contained in the FSA's consultation paper 07/9 a ... Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:57:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1237 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1238 The FIA filed an "amicus curiae" brief on July 19 urging the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling in Klein & Co. Futures Inc. vs. Board of Trade of the City of New York Inc., et al. The FIA's brief argued that the lower court "misinte ... Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:20:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1238 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1226 In response to a request from the FIA, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the anti-money laundering arm of the U.S. Treasury Department, on April 19 issued guidance clarifying the application of custome ... Fri, 18 May 2007 16:49:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1226 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1220 The FIA filed an "amicus curiae" brief on April 18 urging the Supreme Court to take up the case Klein & Co. Futures Inc. vs. Board of Trade of the City of New York Inc., et al. The FIA's brief argues that the Second Circuit "clearly erred" in reach ... Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:28:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1220 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=493 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would require the President's Working Group on Financial Markets to study the impact of the hedge fund industry on financial markets. » H.R. 6079, "Hedge Fund Study Act" ... Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:01:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=493 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=494 On June 5, 2006, FIA received guidance from FinCen on obligations of FCMs to perform due diligence for correspondent accounts for foreign financial institutions and due diligence rule for private banking accounts and the application of section 312 rules ... Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:55:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=494 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=497 February 7, 2006--Six U.S. futures exchanges, the National Futures Association and the Futures Industry Association have joined together to express their strong opposition to a transaction tax proposal contained in the Administration's fiscal 2007 budget. ... Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:27:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=497 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=498       The CFTC held a public hearing on Wednesday, February 15, 2006, to discuss issues related to self-regulation and self-regulatory organizations in the U.S. Futures Industry. FIA President John Damgard participated a ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:23:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=498 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=499 The FIA has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania defending the industry's right to treat multiple subaccounts of the same customer as a single combined account. Specifically, the FIA brief defende ... Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:32:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=499 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=500    The House of Representatives on Dec. 14, 2005, approved legislation to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for another five years. The legislation contains provisions that will provide the CFTC with greater powers t ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=500 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=501 FIA President John Damgard testified on September 8 at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He addressed four main issues: off-exchange retail foreign currency transactions; security future ... Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:01:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=501 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=502 Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan comments to Congressman John R. Kuhl on H.R. 1638, the Commodities Exchange Improvement Act of 2005. » Greenspan Letter ... Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:25:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=502 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=503 The President's Working Group on Financial Markets ("PWG") on Nov. 3 recommended several changes to the Commodity Exchange Act. The recommended changes, which were drafted in response to Congressional requests, cover the CFTC's jurisdiction in foreign cur ... Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:27:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=503 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=504 A group of six financial services associations, including the FIA and the FOA, announced on Sept. 7 the publication of a major study calling for EU/US regulatory convergence. The study underscores the need for establishing a much more coherent and cost-ef ... Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:03:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=504 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=505 The Senate Agriculture Committee held a "mark-up" hearing on Thursday, July 21 for the legislation reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The bill was redrafted late on Wednesday, July 20, 2005, to limit the scope of the more controv ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:24:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=505 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=506 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 20, 2005, submitted to the House and Senate agriculture committees a package of legislative proposals for consideration during the reauthorization of the Commodity Exchange Act. As described by the CFTC ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:25:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=506 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=507 May 18, 2005 "The FIA commends President Bush for nominating such an accomplished individual to serve as CFTC Chairman." ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:26:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=507 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=508 April 5, 2005 Congress probably does not need to enact new laws for the futures industry, with the possible exception of retail foreign currency transactions, FIA President John Damgard urged in two separate appearances before Congress. » House Tes ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:27:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=508 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=509 In a March 17 speech at the FIA's annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla., Sharon-Brown-Hruska, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, reviewed the priority issues that she hopes Congress will address ... Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:55:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=509 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=510 » CFTC Letter » CFTC Press Release » FIA Comment Letter Filed May 5, 2004 ... Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:37:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=510 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=511 Financial services regulators from 19 countries attended a closed-door meeting to discuss "risk-based supervision" on March 16 in Boca Raton, Fla., according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the host of the meeting. Panelists addressed how ris ... Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:58:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=511 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=512 The trade associations moved to intervene for the limited purpose of opening the proceedings and securing access to certain pleadings filed under a "restricted" designation by both Trading Technologies and eSpeed. » Motion to Intervene » Supportin ... Thu, 2 Jun 2005 09:37:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=512 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=513 Regulators of the energy markets should avoid over-reacting to price volatility and should focus on ensuring market integrity, not on affecting prices, Sharon Brown-Hruska, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said Nov. 17. Spe ... Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:30:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=513 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=514 The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, has completed a comprehensive report assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the current fragmented structure of U.S. financial services regulation and recommending several options for co ... Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:32:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=514