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Operations Americas Division

The division promotes industry cooperation and the exchange of ideas not only among members in Chicago and New York, but among all FIA members across the Americas.

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The division attracts executives from all areas of the clearing industry including FCMs as well as exchanges, industry service providers, law firms, and technology vendors. The division includes four active committees that meet on a regular basis: Clearing & Trade Management, Delivery, Events & Education, and Financial Management. FIA Operations Americas membership benefits include a discounted fee for programs, inclusion in the division membership directory, participation on working committees and networking events including the annual golf outings and summer events. 

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  • FIA responds to consultation on critical third parties in the UK financial sector

    FIA supports the UK authorities’ proposed approach, allowing regulators to build on and complement operational resilience frameworks for firms and financial market infrastructures. FIA members also support the proposal for oversight of critical third parties to be as interoperable as reasonably practicable with similar existing and future regimes. Furthermore, FIA members support the proposals to promote regulatory and supervisory interoperability.

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  • FIA releases report on derivatives industry trends

    The 14-page report, Derivatives Market Structure 2024: Focusing on Capital and Workflow Efficiency, provides a unique perspective into the key drivers for the global clearing business. The report is based on findings from research of market participants conducted jointly by FIA and Coalition Greenwich, a provider of strategic benchmarking, analytics and insights to the financial services industry.

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  • DMIST Releases Annual Progress Report

    DMIST also announced changes to its organizational structure to help accelerate the pace of development and adoption of standards in the exchange-traded derivatives markets.

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  • FIA responds to second batch of DORA policy products

    FIA and FIA EPTA have submitted responses to three consultations issued by the European Supervisory Authorities on the second batch of policy products under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The consultations cover regulatory technical standards on the subcontracting of information and communication technology (ICT) services, content, timelines and templates for incident reporting, and threat-led penetration testing.

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