DMIST Publishes Trade Allocations Standard and Launches Consultation on Average Pricing
FIA and DMIST, the Derivatives Market Institute for Standards, jointly announced the publication of the Final Standard for Improving Timeliness of Trade Give-Ups and Allocations. DMIST also released a consultation paper on average pricing.
This is the first standard finalized by DMIST and an important milestone in its work to improve operational efficiency in futures trading and clearing. DMIST was established by FIA in April 2022 as an independent standards body. Its purpose is to encourage widespread adoption of standards that will help make markets more efficient, resilient, and competitive.
DMIST: Annual Progress Report
The Derivatives Market Institute for Standards (DMIST) has released its annual report, outlining the progress of the organization over the last year. Most notably, DMIST released its first public consultation on a proposed standard on the timeliness of trade give-up and allocation.
DMIST was formed as an outgrowth of industry conversations following high volume and volatility in February and March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. DMIST’s ultimate goal is to encourage widespread adoption of standards in the exchange traded and cleared derivatives industry that will help make markets more efficient, resilient, and competitive for all.
Modernizing the Listed Derivatives Workflow: A Blueprint for Change
In November 2021, FIA released a report calling on participants in the futures and options industry to work together on a major initiative to improve the efficiency of the trading and clearing process for exchange-traded derivatives. The report, “Modernizing the Listed Derivatives Workflow: A Blueprint for Change", addresses the challenge of achieving industry-wide improvements by establishing a framework for building consensus and collaboration among all segments of the industry, including clearing firms, executing brokers, exchanges, clearinghouses, customers and technology vendors.
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