Publications & Filings
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FIA responds to OCC's clearing fund allocation proposal
FIA supports OCC’s stress‑aligned clearing fund allocation, noting improved fairness and risk sensitivity, while encouraging smoothing measures to avoid volatility and monitoring potential metric overlaps.
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Boca 2026 Opening Remarks: The winning playbook for our markets
Opening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the 2026 FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. As prepared for delivery.
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Joint statement on FAQs on the Capital Treatment of Tokenized Securities
Following the US the federal bank regulatory agencies jointly issuing answers to frequently asked questions to clarify the capital treatment of tokenized securities, FIA and other financial trade associations welcomed the news and sought further action.
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FIA highlights challenges, opportunities of 24/7 trading and clearing
The paper highlights the need for 24/7 clearing and risk management to accompany 24/7 trading, ensuring sufficient liquidity in the markets, considering operational risk and utilising existing market principles and regulations to provide a roadmap.
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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.
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FIA responds to FCA consultation on improving the UK Transaction Reporting Regime
FIA has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s consultation on improving the UK Transaction Reporting Regime. FIA welcomes several positive elements within the proposals, including reduced back-reporting timelines and the removal of low-value reportable fields. At the same time, FIA highlights industry concerns relating to proposals on conditional single-sided reporting, which members believe are unlikely to deliver meaningful efficiency gains.
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FIA responds to EBA SREP guidelines consultation
FIA highlights issues for consideration by the EBA for the SREP Guidelines, with the aim of increasing proportionality and increase alignment with existing EU regulatory frameworks in the Operational Resilience space.
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FIA and ISDA respond to CPMI-IOSCO consultation on general business losses
FIA and ISDA backed CPMI-IOSCO proposals, urging clearer prescriptive treatment of FMI general business losses, stronger resources, consistent scenarios, transparency, and rejecting margin gains haircutting.
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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.
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FIA responds to ESMA consultation on CCP participation requirements
FIA has responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority's consultation on EMIR 3.0 draft regulatory technical standards on the elements to be considered when EU central counterparties define participation requirements. The response highlights the need for CCPs to assess clearing members based on the actual risks they pose, rather than relying on entity type or licensing status as proxies for risk. In particular, the response distinguishes between regulated non-bank financial clearing members and non-financial counterparties that typically clear to hedge commercial exposures and do not provide financial services.
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