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  • September 21, 2021 • FIA, Capital, Emerging Technology & Products, Advocacy, Public Policy Submissions

    FIA, other trades comment on Basel consultation on cryptoassets

    FIA joined five trade associations in a response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s consultative document on the prudential treatment of cryptoassets. The associations support BCBS’s decision to engage in an iterative approach to the prudential treatment of cryptoassets. However, the associations emphasize the need to provide clarity for the banks as the client demand grows.

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  • May 28, 2021 • FIA, Capital, Advocacy, Europe, MIFID II, Advocacy, Public Policy Submissions

    FIA responds to second FCA consultation on UK regulation for MiFID investment firms

    On 28 May 2021, FIA responded to the second FCA consultation on a new UK prudential regime for MiFID investment firms (CP21/7).

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  • May 21, 2021 • FIA, Capital, Cross Border, Advocacy, Europe, Regulatory Responses

    FIA supports 12 month extension to QCPP transitional period

    FIA has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the Implementing Regulation to extend the qualifying central counterparty (QCCP) transitional period under the Capital Requirements Regulation II (CRR). FIA fully supports the extension, which will avoid disruption to international financial markets.

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  • April 30, 2021 • FIA, Capital, Advocacy, Europe, Clearing, Advocacy, Public Policy Submissions

    FIA comments on the implementation of Basel standards

    On 30 April 2021, FIA submitted a response to the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consultation on the implementation of Basel standards (CP5/21).

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  • March 23, 2021 • FIA, Capital, Video, Webinars, Europe, UK, Video, Webinars

    New EU and UK prudential regimes for investment firms

    In this webinar, a panel of experts discuss the new EU and UK prudential regimes for investment firms (EU IFR/IFD and UK IFPR).

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  • October 29, 2020 • FIA, Capital, CCP Risk, FIA Data, Audio, Clearing, COVID19, Advocacy, Position Papers, Press Releases

    FIA issues white paper on the impact of pandemic volatility on CCP margin requirements

    FIA today released a white paper that examines the dramatic increase in margin requirements at derivatives clearinghouses during the first quarter of 2020 due to increased market volatility related to the pandemic.

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  • October 13, 2020 • FIA, Capital, Europe, Advocacy, Video, Webinars

    FIA Legal Opinions Primer

    If you are an experienced user of FIA legal opinions, new to the world of FIA netting and other legal opinions for regulatory capital purposes or just curious as to why FIA maintains a library of legal opinions, then this FIA webinar where experts from Clifford Chance LLP and FIA explain the types of legal opinions that FIA maintains, their structure and purpose in the context of regulatory capital requirements is for you.

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  • September 4, 2020 • FIA, Capital, Clearing, Europe, Public Policy Submissions

    FIA Responds to EBA on draft regulatory technical standards under IFR

    FIA has responded to the EBA consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) related to implementation of a new prudential regime for investment firms in the EU.

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  • August 10, 2020 • MarketVoice, Capital, Clearing, Equities

    OCC boosts funding for "skin in the game"

    OCC, the world's largest clearinghouse for equity derivatives, has announced that it plans to seek regulatory approval in the US to increase the amount of capital that it contributes to the financial resources available to cover losses from a member default.

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  • August 3, 2020 • MarketVoice, Capital, Technology

    Quantile margin optimization service now includes cleared interest rate derivatives

    Margin issues have been increasingly in focus in 2020 as derivatives clearinghouses have raised collateral requirements in response to the spike in market volatility. This trend has intensified interest among large banks in new methods for optimizing their margin obligations.

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