Timeline Express Announcements

The NIBA 25th Anniversary Chicago Conference is held at CME Group on September 14, 2016.

NIBA hosts its second Arditti Center (DePaul University) joint meeting in July, discussing Cybersecurity and as well as Managed Futures. Members were given codes for free AML and ethics training.

NIBA hosts its annual Board Meeting at the New York Athletic Club on April 19th, prior to the 2016 Annual New York Conference.

Moving to streamline its look and feel, the NIBA logo is redesigned.

NIBA officially submits its public opinion on the CFTC Residual Interest Deadline for Futures Commission Merchants.

NIBA hosts its first Arditti Center (DePaul University) joint meeting on July 8th, discussing CFTC Regulation 1.22 and the growing asset class of Managed Futures.

NIBA representatives publicly oppose the NFA’s minimum capital requirements.

NIBA representatives actively voice the opinions of the IB community at the court hearings addressing the PFG failures.

NIBA representatives participate in court hearings and petitioned to get broker commissions back from MF Global, filing court documentation and participating in the MF Global bankruptcies hearing.

NIBA representatives publicly urge exemption of IBs from CFTC Regulation 1.71, addressing conflicts of interest policies and procedures by futures commission merchants and introducing brokers.