SIA and FIA Submit Comments to the SEC and CFTC on Cash Settlement and Regulatory Halt Requirements for Security Futures Products
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April 4, 2002
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.