SIA and FIA Submit Comments to the SEC and CFTC on Cash Settlement and Regulatory Halt Requirements for Security Futures Products
The Steering Committee on Security Futures of the Securities Industry Association (SIA)* and the Futures Industry Association (FIA) submit comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ona joint-agency proposals relating tolisting standards forcash settlement and regulatory halt requirements for security futures products, S7-15-01. The groups share concerns regarding the joint-agencyproposals applicable to market disruptions resulting in the unavailability of opening prices on a contract’s settlement date.
*SIFMA is the product of a merger between the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and The Bond Market Association (TBMA) in 2006.