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FIA (Futures Industry Association)

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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...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Risk Management | 12 Apr 2013

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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, Florida....

Sell-Side Technology | News | Regulation & Standards | 13 Mar 2013

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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.

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Risk Management | 23 May 2012

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FIA Voices Concerns About NYSE Euronext-Deutsche Börse Merger

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has requested a dialogue with regulators and concerned parties over the proposed merger of global exchange operators NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse. The industry group says the market power of the new entity should...

Sell-Side Technology | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 01 Aug 2011

Trade Associations Outline Requirements for Legal Entity ID

A group of financial industry trade associations has released a report on the requirements for a global legal entity identifier after reviewing industry feedback and working together to reach a consensus. The report, which is aimed at providing regulators...

Inside Reference Data | News | Regulation & Standards | 04 May 2011

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The SEF Portrait Takes Shape

When President Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law on July 21 last year, it started a 12-month countdown for the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) and US Securities and Exchange Commission...

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 31 Mar 2011

Accuracy Trumps Speed in Algorithmic Trading

Speed is quickly giving way to accuracy as the most important differentiator in algorithmic trading, according to executives of brokers, service providers and investment firms who spoke during a panel discussion at last week's Futures Industry Association...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Algorithmic Trading | 09 Nov 2010

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The Power of the Cupcake

The industry gained insight this week into how well US regulators are getting along. At the Futures Industry Association's (FIA's) annual Expo in Chicago, Gary Gensler, chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), mentioned that Mary Schapiro,...

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Compliance | 05 Nov 2010

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IPC Upgrades Toronto, London Transmissions

At the Futures Industry Association's (FIA's) event in Chicago this week, Ganesh Iyer, senior manager of product marketing, and Michael Semegan, vice president of product management, at IPC, discuss the vendor's upgrades to its New York-to-Toronto, and...

Sell-Side Technology | Interview | Hosting & Co-location | 05 Nov 2010 | audio

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Interxion and Telx Launch Co-Lo Partnership

Datacenter hosts Interxion and Telx have formed a Transatlantic partnership for co-location. SST's Michael Shashoua discusses the new offering with Lilia Severina, proximity hosting director at Interxion, during the Futures Industry Association's (FIA's)...

Sell-Side Technology | Interview | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 05 Nov 2010 | audio

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