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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.

US Documentation Library

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 CCP Risk Review

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.

European Documentation Library

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

  • FIA Responds to CFTC Retail DCO Request with Suggestion for Simplified Regulatory Approach

    FIA invites the CFTC to consider a modified regime for fully collateralized and pre-funded clearing models, including those catering to retail traders. CONTINUE READING

  • Retail-focused precious metals derivatives trading surges, outpacing institutional growth 

    Retail investors fuelled a sharp rise in trading activity across precious metals derivatives in 2025, while institutional benchmark futures contracts saw comparatively muted growth. CONTINUE READING

  • Global ETD trading fell in 2025 as India crackdown hits options volume

    Global trading in exchange-traded derivatives fell in 2025, largely due to a sharp pullback in equity options trading in India following regulators' moves to curb speculative retail activity. Even as global volumes fell, open interest – a measure of outstanding positions – told a different story, underscoring continued demand for derivatives as tools for hedging and price discovery. CONTINUE READING

  • Viewpoint: FIA in Brussels – In-person meetings, outsized impact

    Over the course of two-plus days, we met with policymakers at the European Commission, several EU Member States’ representations, key members of the European Parliament and their staff, and leaders at the European Securities and Markets Authority and European Central Bank. We reiterated the story of the global cleared derivatives industry, how we agree with the push to simplify the regulatory burden on our members and discussed centralised supervision. CONTINUE READING

  • Viewpoint: Five mega trends for 2026

    To help frame many of the discussions at this year's Asset Management Derivatives Conference, I shared five trends that matter to both the buyside and sellside. CONTINUE READING

  • All roads lead to DLT: ECB advances Pontes and Appia 

    Europe’s push to enable settlement of DLT-based transactions in central bank money is moving from experimentation to implementation, with the European Central Bank launching a twin-track programme – Pontes and Appia – to bring tokenised settlement closer to reality. Speakers at FIA’s Brussels Forum earlier this month said the shift marks a significant step beyond recent exploratory trials, signalling growing confidence that distributed ledger technology can address long-standing inefficiencies in Europe’s collateral and settlement landscape.  CONTINUE READING