The response notes it is essential to take into account how a specific market is being used by understanding the central limit order book and the size of business that can be executed in that order book in a short amount of time without causing price slippage. Moreover, it is important to distinguish between ETD and OTC product specificities.
CONTINUE READINGFIA supports ASX’s AOTs for interest rate futures and urges further engagement on commodity thresholds to align with global best practices and enhance market integrity.
CONTINUE READINGThe EU T+1 Industry Committee has published a high-level road map for the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle for securities on 11 October 2027. The road map contains a set of recommendations developed collaboratively by association representatives and workstream leads from various industry segments.
CONTINUE READINGFIA supports OCC’s proposal to use actual intraday positions for margining and urges reassessment of conservative add-ons like the Intraday Risk Charge post enhancement implementation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA recommends cyber risk management rules should apply from one ruleset if there is overlap and/or the same objectives. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) overlap and apply to the same financial services.
CONTINUE READINGOpening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the International Derivatives Expo (IDX) in London on 16 June 2025. As prepared for delivery.
CONTINUE READINGFIA urges the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation to segregate default resources for the new TRS clearing service and increase CCP capital to reflect higher risk.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has responded to ESMA’s consultation paper on draft technical standards, which provide further details for the new EMIR 3.0 clearing thresholds regime. FIA broadly agrees with the proposed uncleared thresholds but raises concerns about the reductions for IRDs and commodity derivatives, citing inflationary pressures and the importance of maintaining competitiveness with other jurisdictions.
CONTINUE READINGResponding to the European Commission’s consultation on capital markets integration, FIA calls for simplification and burden reduction, makes recommendations on post-trading issues, distributed ledger technology and asset tokenisation, and adds to the debate on supervision.
CONTINUE READINGThe white paper states that the cleared derivatives industry is at an "inflection point" in the adoption of tokenisation and notes that several clearinghouses are exploring use cases for this technology.
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