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FuturesSee 'futures contract'.FuturesA term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.Futures Similar MatchesNational Futures AssociationNational Futures AssociationA registered futures association in the US authorized by the CFTC in 1982 that requires membership for FCMs, their agents and associates, CTAs, and CPOs. This is a self-regulatory group for the futures industry similar to the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. (NASD) in the securities industry. Futures Industry AssociationFutures Industry AssociationThe futures industry's national trade association in the US. They lobbied in favour of establishing a second layer of bureaucracy for the futures industry (NFA). URL: http://www.fiafii.org Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)An agency created by the US Congress in 1974 to regulate exchange trading in futures. Securities and Futures AuthoritySecurities and Futures AuthorityA Self Regulating Organisation (SRO) with responsibility for the regulation of firms engaged in the securities and futures sectors of the financial services market.Companies regulated by the SFA are those engaged in dealing or advising in securities or derivatives including shares, bonds, traded options, corporate finance and futures. A list of authorised firms is published from time to time by the SFA enabling clients to confirm authenticity.All regulatory functions of the SFA have been taken over by the Financial Services Authority as of December 2001. Interest rate futures contractInterest rate futures contractA futures contract based on an interbank deposit rate or an underlying debt security. The value of the contract rises and falls inversely to changes in interest rates. Further SuggestionsForeign currency futures contractfinancial futures Index futures Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) Futures Commission Merchant London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) Commodity Futures Trading Commission Futures contract multiple Futures contract universal stock futures Futures commission merchant (FCM) Underlying futures contract Mercato Italiano Futures (MIF) Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) Rolling of Futures Futures market Spot futures parity theorem Theoretical futures price Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange (SOFFEX) Currency futures contract Futures market London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange Commodity futures contract |
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