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 06:43:00 EST 20 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1633 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=1633 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1639 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=1639 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1613 This morning the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is scheduled to hold a public meeting to consider two proposed rules and interim final rule as required by the Dodd-Frank law.  The rules address 1) conflicts of interest issues at exchanges, swa ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:52:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1613 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1697 (enrolled bill - final text as submitted to the President for signature) Click Here for Table of Contents Click Here for Full Text ... Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:48:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1697 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1582 ... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:20:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1582 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1581 The U.S. Congress has published the official text of the conference report on H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The conference report represents the final version of the legislation as agreed to by the House ... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:17:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1581 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1579 Dodd-Frank Conference Report as passed by the House and submitted to the Senate Title VII - Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (as passed by the House and submitted to the Senate) (14MB) Dodd-Frank Conference Report ... Wed, 7 Jul 2010 10:10:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1579 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1563 ... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:28:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1563 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1578 WASHINGTON, D.C.—June 25, 2010—The Futures Industry Association today released the following statement by FIA President John Damgard following the conclusion of the House-Senate Conference Committee on the financial reform bill. "The FIA congratulate ... Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1578 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1562 On May 20, the U.S. Senate approved the comprehensive financial reform legislation by a vote of 59 to 39. The legislation, entitled the "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010," contains several provisions that will directly affect the future ... Fri, 28 May 2010 12:19:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1562 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1546 A coalition of futures market participants and exchanges has urged the U.S. Senate to reject an amendment that would grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to supersede the regulatory judgment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis ... Tue, 11 May 2010 16:05:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1546 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1516   HR 4173 Senate Version Title VII – Wall Street Transparency and Accountability – Subtitle A – Regulation of Over-the-Counter Swaps Markets Title VII – Wall Street Transparency and Accountability – Subtitle B – Regulation of Secu ... Fri, 28 May 2010 13:38:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1516 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1515   ... Wed, 5 May 2010 09:05:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1515 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1508 April 22, 2010            The Senate Agriculture Committee on April 21 approved legislation that establishes a new regulatory scheme for over-the-counter derivatives. The legislation passed the committee ... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:03:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1508 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1507 On April 16, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, unveiled "The Wall Street Transparency Accountability Act." Lincoln said the bill would bring "100% transparency" to the financial markets and prevent futu ... Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:18:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1507 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1505            On March 22, the Senate Banking Committee approved a comprehensive package of financial regulatory reforms, with 13 Democrats on the committee voting in favor and 10 Republicans voting aga ... Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:44:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1505 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1490             President Obama announced on Jan. 21, 2010 that he will ask Congress to approve new restrictions on the size and scope of banks and other financial institutions. Obama said these rest ... Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:02:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1490 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1479      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 join ... Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:48:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1479 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1473 Washington, D.C.—Dec. 7, 2009—The Futures Industry Association today sent a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to oppose a clearinghouse-related amendment to H.R. 4173, the financial reform legislation now pending in the House of Representatives. The am ... Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:49:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1473 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1471         On Dec. 2, the Senate Agriculture Committee held the second of two hearings to consider proposals to regulate over-the-counter derivatives. The committee's chairman, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), is prep ... Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:33:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1471 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1470 Summary of Senate Regulatory Reform Proposal             The Senate Banking Committee today will hold the first of a series of hearings on the "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 20 ... Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:51:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1470 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1469              The House of Representatives in early October took an important step forward in the process of drafting legislation for the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives. Represen ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:59:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1469 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1465             Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has changed several key provisions in his derivatives regulatory reform legislation ahea ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:46:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1465 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1466 House Ag Chairman Releases Derivatives Reform Proposal             House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) on Oct. 9, 2009 released a separate "discussion draft" of legisla ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:49:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1466 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1467             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 ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:52:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1467 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1468 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 financial services industry. The report does not propos ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:54:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1468 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1461 The House Financial Services Committee in October 2009 began work on legislation aimed at giving U.S. financial regulators the authority to monitor systemic risk and unwind failing large financial firms, thereby reducing the need for another AIG-style r ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1461 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1462 The House Financial Services Committee approved on Oct. 28, 2009 a bill that strengthens the ability of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement powers. Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-Penn.), the bill's main sponsor, said one of his goals ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1462 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1463 The House Financial Services Committee on Oct. 27, 2009 passed H.R. 3818, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009. If enacted into law, it would mandate for the first time that advisors to large hedge funds and other private pools o ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:57:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1463 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1464 The House Agriculture Committee on Oct. 21, 2009 unanimously approved a bill to tighten up regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives markets. Among other things, the bill, H.R. 3795, would require standardized derivatives to be cleared through centr ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:58:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1464 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1454       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 12:22:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1454 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1437 Click Here for the PDF ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1437 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1406 Washington, D.C.—June 17, 2009—John Damgard, the president of the Futures Industry Association, today issued the following statement in response to the release by the Obama administration of a white paper outlining a number of reforms to the U.S. financi ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:23:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1406 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1436 Washington, D.C. —August 11, 2009—The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement in response to the transmission by the Treasury Department of legislative language to the Congress for the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives. ... Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:54:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1436 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1409        The FIA has joined with several other trade associations opposing derivatives-related provisions in the climate change bill pending in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a joint letter sent to the House Democratic ... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:38:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1409 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1293 WASHINGTON, D.C.—March 31, 2008—The Futures Industry Association today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Treasury Department's proposed "blueprint for regulatory reform." The FIA commends the Treasury Department for taking a comprehens ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:05:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1293 http://www.futuresindustry.org/fia-home.asp?i=1265 The Futures Industry Association submitted a comment letter to the Treasury Department on Nov. 20, 2007 outlining its views on the structure of financial services regulation in the U.S. The letter was drafted in response to Treasury's request ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:21:00 EST http://www.futuresindustry.org/?i=1265