2020 Year in Review
Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary action. We delivered.
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FIA welcomes Gary Gensler as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
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FIA Midyear 2020 Advocacy Report
FIA is proud to be your voice and tireless advocate during these challenging times. This has been an extraordinary year like no other we have seen. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented health and economic crisis to our global community. Yet these uncertain times require us to rise to the occasion and meet these problems head-on with creative solutions and innovative ideas. FIA is energized to be your partner through these difficult days ahead.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FIA is closely monitoring the latest developments related to COVID-19 and its impact on the global cleared derivatives industry.
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FIA welcomes plan to extend UK CCP temporary equivalence
FIA welcomes the statement from European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis today proposing to renew the time-limited equivalence decision for UK CCPs.
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Diverse Voices
Derivatives professionals share personal stories of challenges and success
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Fintech firms predict coronavirus will speed up digitalization
Urgency created pandemic has fueled interest in next-gen compliance, trading and back-office solutions
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Industry Resources
FIA Training
FIA Training delivers valuable learning opportunities that cover important topics like market conduct and exchange rules. Developed by industry professionals, FIA Training helps market participants better understand the way markets work and the rules that protect them. Our online courses are ideal for traders, senior managers, analysts and programmers as well as sales, client services, operations and other team members.
ExploreCCP Risk Review
The FIA CCP Risk Review™ helps market participants analyze and compare the rules and procedures of CCPs worldwide. Written in practical, comparative terms and incorporating key implications of applicable law where relevant, the CCP Risk Review assists market participants and regulators in scrutinizing and understanding the risks related to CCPs, for both clearing members and clients.
ExploreDocumentation Services
We work 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. These documents are housed on our Documentation Services platform.
ExploreMarketVoice Magazine
FIA's Magazine of the Global Futures, Options and Cleared Swaps Markets.
ExploreFIA Speaks Podcast
FIA Speaks is a podcast at the center of the futures, options and derivatives markets. Through interviews with the top executives, regulators and visionaries, FIA Speaks explores the major topics and upcoming trends in this dynamic industry that are influencing the global economy in significant ways.
ExploreIndustry Data
We publish several types of statistics. These include levels of trading activity on exchanges and swap execution facilities as well as the number of clearing firms in the U.S. and the amount of customer funds held by these firms.
ExploreFutures Fundamentals
Futures Fundamentals is a one-stop educational resource designed to simplify and explain complex market topics. Through interactive features and rich content, the website explains the role of futures markets in everyday life and provides information on the derivatives industry as a whole. Futures Fundamentals is the driving force in an industry-wide effort to develop risk management education to learners at all levels.
ExploreTerms of Business 2018
Whether your firm provides clearing services for exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) or for cleared OTC derivatives, or executing services for ETD, you need to ensure that your contractual documentation is up-to-date and compliant with the latest regulatory developments and business practices. The FIA Terms of Business 2018 provides your first with industry standard contractual terms for derivatives clearing.
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CCP Tracker
Quarterly data on risk exposures at derivatives clearinghouses

The CCP Tracker is designed to provide greater transparency into the amount of risk in the global clearing system and the financial resources available to protect the system from losses. Using the public quantitative disclosures published by derivatives clearinghouses on a quarterly basis, the CCP Tracker contains a set of charts and tables that allow users to compare several key metrics for each quarter going back to the second half of 2015.
Access NowFCM Tracker
Provides greater transparency into the financial condition of futures commission merchants operating in the U.S., based on monthly data published by the CFTC.
Customer Seg Funds in Futures Accounts and FCM Count over Time
This visualization shows the amount of customer funds in futures accounts held by futures commission merchants in the U.S. as well as the total number of FCMs that are holding those funds.

The visualizations also include a table showing the amount of customer funds held by each FCM and the percent change over time, and a special "lookup" page that displays key data points for individual FCMs.
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In 2014 we began collecting volume data from swap execution facilities, a trading venue registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Monthly Volume Overview

Since 2014, we've collected volume data from swap execution facilities, a new type of trading venue registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. To provide the public with a greater transparency into the trading activity on these venues, we publish data on volume and market share trends for interest rate, credit and foreign exchange products traded on SEFs. This data is accessible through a series of interactive online visualizations that allow users to display the data in charts and tables, filter the data in various ways, and download the data in several formats. We also publish a spreadsheet with weekly data.
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Monthly reports on volume and open interest for futures and options traded and/or cleared at more than 75 exchanges worldwide.
Global Futures and Options by Category

Monthly reports on volume and open interest for futures and options traded and/or cleared at more than 75 exchanges worldwide. The volume report is presented by region and contract category and includes trading in equity index, interest rates, energy, agricultural, metals and currency.
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CCP Tracker
Quarterly data on risk exposures at derivatives clearinghouses
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FCM Tracker
Provides greater transparency into the financial condition of futures commission merchants operating in the U.S., based on monthly data published by the CFTC.
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SEF Tracker
In 2014 we began collecting volume data from swap execution facilities, a trading venue registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Exchange Volume
Monthly reports on volume and open interest for futures and options traded and/or cleared at more than 75 exchanges worldwide.
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