FIA President Testifies on Dodd-Frank Implementation (Feb. 15, 2011)

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 ...

FIA , SIFMA Submit Comments on CFTC’s Whistleblower Proposal (Feb. 3, 2011)

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 ...

FIA Submits Comments on CFTC’s Proposed Framework for Rule and Product Approvals for DCOs, SEFs, SDRs (Jan. 3, 2011)

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 ...

Industry Groups File Joint Comment Letter on Uniform Legal Entity Identifiers (Feb. 1, 2011)

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 ...

FIA, SIFMA Submit Comments on CFTC’s Proposed Chief Compliance Officer Rules (Jan. 18, 2011)

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 ...