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FIA and members of its Board recently met with senior officials across the US government and regulatory community to discuss the issues shaping the future of financial markets. In his latest Viewpoint column, FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken highlights key themes from those conversations, including 24/7 trading and clearing, Treasury market reform, regulatory coordination between the SEC and CFTC, and the outlook for digital asset market structure legislation.
FIA supports revised US bank capital proposals, urges further refinements to support central clearing
June 18, 2026 CONTINUE READINGFIA publishes paper on the European Commission's Market Integration and Supervision Package
April 17, 2026 CONTINUE READINGFIA responds to CSRC CP on the 2026 draft measures for the supervision and administration of futures companies
May 15, 2026 CONTINUE READINGExplore a complete list of all FIA publications and filings.
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Publications & Filings
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FIA responds to Bank of England CP on extending RTGS/CHAPS settlement hours
FIA supports the Bank of England’s initiative to extend RTGS/CHAPS settlement hours and recommends a phased approach, starting with 22x5 weekday operations to enhance liquidity management, cross-border payments, resilience, and market competitiveness while ensuring industry readiness. -
FIA responds to JSCC consultation on clearing fund consolidation
FIA recognises that consolidation could reduce the aggregate clearing fund requirement, simplify operations and enable more efficient funding management. At the same time, FIA emphasises the importance of preserving transparent and risk-sensitive loss allocation and avoiding material cross-product subsidisation between clearing qualifications with different participant and risk profiles. -
FIA commends CFTC for prediction markets rule, urges further action
FIA’s latest response notes that prediction markets can serve important functions, including aggregating information and enabling market participants to manage exposure to a broad range of events. FIA commits to working with the CFTC to develop an effective and durable regulatory framework for prediction markets. -
FIA supports FCA and Bank of England vision for tokenisation
FIA supports the FCA and Bank of England's vision that tokenisation can deliver material improvements in efficiency, resilience and functionality, particularly in post-trade processes. -
Trade associations issue joint statement on EU MISP
Joint industry statement calls to strengthen, through the MISP proposals, EU financial regulation by improving proportionality, reducing legal uncertainty, embedding competitiveness, and ensuring efficient, predictable supervision supporting global market attractiveness. -
FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO consultation on updated CCP resilience guidance and PQDs
FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO's consultation on CCP resilience and PQDs, calling for stronger margin transparency, broader client access to simulation tools and a Level 3 post-implementation review.
