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Higher capital requirements for banking organizations have significant impacts on the ability of banks to provide clearing services for their customers. We are working with regulators to promote risk-reducing effects of clearing while at the same time, preserve a strong and diverse community of clearing firms.

  • 05 Mar 2026

    Joint Trades Statement on FAQs on the Capital Treatment of Tokenized Securities

    Following the US the federal bank regulatory agencies jointly issuing answers to frequently asked questions to clarify the capital treatment of tokenized securities, FIA and other financial trade associations welcomed the news and sought further action. CONTINUE READING
  • 01 Dec 2025

    FIA announces new client clearing model in Europe

    The FIA-sponsored European Agent Trustee Model (EATM) has gone live at LCH Ltd for its SwapClear service, marking an important milestone in a multi-year project between FIA, a consortium of bank clearing members, two European clearinghouses, and external counsel.  CONTINUE READING
  • 15 Oct 2025

    FIA supports FICC-CME customer cross-margining proposal for U.S. treasuries

    FIA has submitted a comment letter to the CFTC and SEC supporting FICC and CME's proposed arrangement for cross-margining of customer trades in treasuries and treasury futures with offsetting risk. The proposed arrangement is under review at both the CFTC and SEC. CONTINUE READING
  • 26 Aug 2025

    ISDA, SIFMA and FIA comments on enhanced supplementary leverage ratio reforms

    FIA, ISDA and SIFMA strongly support the proposed recalibration of the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio and urge the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC to finalize the proposal as soon as possible, with an effective date no later than 1 January 2026. CONTINUE READING
  • 19 Aug 2025

    Joint trades call for recalibration of cryptoasset prudential standards and highlight DLT’s transformative role in capital markets

    The Joint Trades recommend essential revisions of the Basel banking prudential treatment of cryptoassets and pausing implementation of SCO60 ahead of its January 2026 effective date to allow for a targeted consultation and redesign. The letter highlights the excessively conservative and overly punitive capital treatment of cryptoassets that is misaligned with actual risks, in addition to various inconsistencies with current market risk management practices. CONTINUE READING
  • 14 Jul 2025

    FIA responds to FICC proposed default management and porting rules for its agent clearing service model

    FIA submitted a comment letter to the SEC responding to FICC’s proposed default management and porting rules for its agent clearing service model. CONTINUE READING

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