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FIA works closely with member firms to develop industry-standard agreements and other documentation that all market participants can use to support their trading and clearing functions as well as ensure regulatory compliance in different jurisdictions.

FIA’s US Documentation Library contains a wide range of guidance documents and template agreements and disclosures. These include standard give-up agreements, client clearing and execution agreements, risk disclosure statements and a number of exchange-specific agreements.

FIA’s CCP Risk Review™ summarizes the rules and procedures of CCPs worldwide. Written in practical, comparative terms and incorporating key implications of applicable law where relevant, the FIA CCP Risk Review assists market participants and regulators in scrutinizing and understanding the risks relating to CCPs, for both clearing members and clients.

FIA’s European Documentation Library puts valuable legal opinions and client terms of business at your fingertips. This documentation helps you meet regulatory requirements and/or common commercial objectives such as facilitating commercial dealings or addressing areas of capital or risk.

Documentation News

  • EPTA responds to FCA consultation on market risk capital requirements for investment firms

    EPTA has submitted a response to the FCA’s Engagement Paper: Market risk capital requirements for investment firms. A revised prudential framework should reflect the risk of harm posed by specialised trading firms, which do not conduct bank-like activities. CONTINUE READING
  • FIA and ISDA respond to CPMI-IOSCO consultation on general business losses

    FIA and ISDA backed CPMI-IOSCO proposals, urging clearer prescriptive treatment of FMI general business losses, stronger resources, consistent scenarios, transparency, and rejecting margin gains haircutting. CONTINUE READING
  • FIA New Member Profile – Lime Trading Corp.

    Lime Trading Corp. is a registered non-clearing FCM, providing institutional, professional and retail traders with direct market access and low-latency execution for futures trading. CONTINUE READING
  • CFTC announces new prediction markets rule process

    In his first public remarks since assuming the top position at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Mike Selig announced a reset of the regulatory landscape for prediction markets. CONTINUE READING
  • Surging volumes have prediction markets facing a legal reckoning in the US   

    Prediction markets, once a niche academic experiment, are colliding with US gambling laws, state regulators and a cautious Commodity Futures Trading Commission as volumes surge and courts weigh who has authority over bets on everything from elections to sports and world events.  CONTINUE READING
  • CFTC Chair pushes to 'future-proof' derivatives oversight

    Michael Selig is wasting little time putting his stamp on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A month after taking office as chair, Selig announced a “Future-Proof” initiative, directing CFTC staff to conduct a comprehensive review of the agency’s rules and regulations and modernise them to ensure a level playing field for new entrants and incumbents alike.   CONTINUE READING