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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

  • 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
  • UK regulator simplifies commodity trading rules after industry pushback

    The Financial Conduct Authority said its revised framework for the Ancillary Activities Exemption will exclude exchange-traded derivatives from a new threshold test used to assess whether a firm’s commodity derivatives trading remains incidental to its core commercial business.   CONTINUE READING
  • DMIST Requests Vendor Presentations on 30/30/30 Solutions

    The DMIST 30/30/30 Working Group invites service providers that offer solutions supporting implementation of the DMIST 30/30/30 Standard to present their capabilities to the Working Group. This opportunity is open to any and all service providers with such solutions—not just FIA and DMIST members. CONTINUE READING
  • FIA responds to CCIL consultation on capped member liability

    FIA submitted comments to the Clearing Corporation of India Limited's consultation on revising the capped member liability framework for Default Fund replenishment. FIA welcomed CCIL’s aim to improve transparency and predictability of members’ potential unfunded Default Fund exposure. CONTINUE READING
  • People News – December / January 2026

    Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry CONTINUE READING