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Regulatory Guidance

  • FIA New Member Profile – PJP Law

    PJP Law, a Washington, D.C-based law firm was founded in 2025 by Paul J. Pantano, a commodities and derivatives lawyer who has represented energy companies, commodity and swap dealers, financial institutions, brokerage firms and trade associations in a wide variety of transactional, regulatory, investigative and litigation matters.

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  • EU T+1 Industry Committee publishes road map for T+1 settlement transition

    The EU T+1 Industry Committee has published a high-level road map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027. The road map contains a set of recommendations developed collaboratively by association representatives and workstream leads from various industry segments. 

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  • FIA responds to ASX Consultation on Anomalous Order Thresholds (AOT) for ASX 24 Products

    FIA supports ASX’s AOTs for interest rate futures and urges further engagement on commodity thresholds to align with global best practices and enhance market integrity.

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  • ETD Volume - May 2025

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 8.82 billion contracts in May. This was down 7.9% from April 2025 and down 51.1% from May 2024.

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  • FIA responds to OCC intraday margin change proposal

    FIA supports OCC’s proposal to use actual intraday positions for margining and urges reassessment of conservative add-ons like the Intraday Risk Charge post enhancement implementation.

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  • FIA responds to European Commission consultation on revising EU Cybersecurity Act

    FIA recommends cyber risk management rules should apply from one ruleset if there is overlap and/or the same objectives. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) overlap and apply to the same financial services.

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Operational and Technology Guidance

  • FIA New Member Profile – PJP Law

    PJP Law, a Washington, D.C-based law firm was founded in 2025 by Paul J. Pantano, a commodities and derivatives lawyer who has represented energy companies, commodity and swap dealers, financial institutions, brokerage firms and trade associations in a wide variety of transactional, regulatory, investigative and litigation matters.

    CONTINUE READING

  • EU T+1 Industry Committee publishes road map for T+1 settlement transition

    The EU T+1 Industry Committee has published a high-level road map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027. The road map contains a set of recommendations developed collaboratively by association representatives and workstream leads from various industry segments. 

    CONTINUE READING

  • FIA responds to ASX Consultation on Anomalous Order Thresholds (AOT) for ASX 24 Products

    FIA supports ASX’s AOTs for interest rate futures and urges further engagement on commodity thresholds to align with global best practices and enhance market integrity.

    CONTINUE READING

  • ETD Volume - May 2025

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 8.82 billion contracts in May. This was down 7.9% from April 2025 and down 51.1% from May 2024.

    CONTINUE READING

  • FIA responds to OCC intraday margin change proposal

    FIA supports OCC’s proposal to use actual intraday positions for margining and urges reassessment of conservative add-ons like the Intraday Risk Charge post enhancement implementation.

    CONTINUE READING

  • FIA responds to European Commission consultation on revising EU Cybersecurity Act

    FIA recommends cyber risk management rules should apply from one ruleset if there is overlap and/or the same objectives. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) overlap and apply to the same financial services.

    CONTINUE READING
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