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Commodities

Our member firms doing business in commodity markets play a crucial role for the global economy by facilitating price discovery and helping end-users manage risk.

The futures industry has its roots in commodities, with farmers, miners, producers and other businesses using these financial instruments for price discovery and risk management. While the futures and cleared derivatives industry continues to grow and expand to new markets, FIA maintains a close focus on the issues and challenges affecting the commodity markets, from end-users to brokers to exchanges to clearinghouses. Our primary goal is to protect and promote healthy commodity derivatives markets.

For over two decades, FIA has operated member committees and working groups dedicated to commodities. These groups meet regularly across regions to discuss the latest policy, regulatory and operational developments impacting any member active in commodity derivatives markets. Visit our Member Forums page to learn more about these committees and working groups. 

  • 16 Mar 2026

    EPTA cautions against gas price caps in a coalition with energy and financial associations

    The European Principal Traders Association has joined with a coalition of energy and financial industry bodies, saying that a possible price-capping intervention could compromise Europe’s energy security, disrupt the functioning of its energy markets and carry significant risks to financial stability, without delivering sustainable price relief for consumers. CONTINUE READING
  • 16 Mar 2026

    FIA and energy associations urge EU leaders to avoid a gas price cap

    FIA and a broad coalition of trade associations representing the entire energy value chain have signed a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa setting out shared concerns regarding considerations to introduce a natural gas price cap in response to current geopolitical tensions. CONTINUE READING
  • 23 Jan 2026

    UK regulator simplifies commodity trading rules after industry pushback

    The Financial Conduct Authority said its revised framework for the Ancillary Activities Exemption will exclude exchange-traded derivatives from a new threshold test used to assess whether a firm’s commodity derivatives trading remains incidental to its core commercial business.   CONTINUE READING
  • 11 Dec 2025

    FIA board chair Crighton testifies on CFTC reauthorization

    There is tremendous change facing the cleared derivatives markets today, especially when compared to 2008 when the CFTC was last reauthorized. FIA strongly supports the reauthorization of the CFTC, as it reinforces the agency’s mission and central role in safeguarding markets critical to the global economy. CONTINUE READING
  • 24 Sep 2025

    NCDEX gets ready for equity derivatives launch 

    India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, the country's largest agricultural commodities trading venue, is gearing up to launch equity and equity derivatives trading on its platform after receiving preliminary approval from the country’s markets regulator this summer. NCDEX is the latest Indian exchange to expand to this asset class.  CONTINUE READING
  • 23 Sep 2025

    FIA asks CFTC to sunset swaps large trader reporting rules

    FIA submitted a petition to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to sunset its Part 20 regulations for large trader reporting for physical commodity swaps. Issued in 2011 as a temporary swaps data collection measure, the CFTC has since established a comprehensive reporting regime for swaps through a series of rulemakings that has rendered the Swaps LTR Rules redundant and unnecessary. CONTINUE READING

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