Futures Industry Association (FIA)

40 results about this entity

Period: 19 Feb 2007 - 17 Jan 2024

FIA criticises scope of CFTC automated trading rules

"Automated trading has revolutionized markets, enhancing efficiency and contributing to liquidity," said Walt Lukken, president and CEO of FIA.

FIA merges into single organisation

FIA announced today that official documents have been signed executing the merger of FIA, FIA Europe, FIA Asia into a single organization.

Germany's HFT licensing plans draw market criticism

High-frequency traders and exchange operators have spoken out against German government plans to make HFT practitioners obtain prior authorisation to operate.

Finance Watch demands European HFT crackdown

Finance Watch, a European association lobbying under the banner 'making finance serve society', has called on the EU to crack down on high-frequency trading.

FIA 'shocked and outraged' after Senator leaks oil trading data

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) says its members have been "shocked and outraged" by the leaking of confidential oil trading data by a US senator.

CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.

European proprietary trading lobby group established

A group of proprietary trading firms have set up a European lobby group as they prepare for greater regulatory scrutiny of high-frequency trading.

Wall Street calls for more delays to Dodd-Frank rules

Financial market trade groups have written to industry regulators asking for more time to review new swap trading rules.

FIA calls on lawmakers to rethink clearing house ownership rules

The Futures Industry Association has urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw or defer acting on rules to limit ownership of clearing houses and swap execution facilities.

FIA to present alternative trade reporting system to CFTC

The Futures Industry Association has fired the latest salvo in its campaign to head off onerous new record-keeping rules by pressing ahead with plans for an ownership and control reporting system that it claims will form a 'practical and cost-effective' alternative to that proposed by industry watchdogs.

Futures body takes on CFTC over data gathering proposals

The Futures Industry Association has slammed regulatory proposals to gather more account information from market participants as "premature" and overly burdensome for the industry.

SEC staffer's move to Getco prompts review of 'revolving door'

A US Senator has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to review its "revolving door" policy, which sees many senior staffers leave for jobs with firms they once regulated.