The global exchange-traded derivatives market experienced a notable decline in volume in Q1 2025 compared to the same period last year, largely due to a fall in the number of equity options contracts traded on exchanges in India.
CONTINUE READINGFIA EPTA responds to HMT consultation on UK draft legislation on cryptoassets
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG encouraged the CFTC to confer with the industry through roundtables and other open forums before making a determination to permit widespread 24/7 trading.
CONTINUE READINGUS market regulators and US bank regulators should develop and implement capital efficiencies by permitting both cross product margining and cross product netting. These efficiencies would improve market liquidity and incentivize clearing activity by highly regulated US banks across both emerging digital asset markets and traditional markets.
CONTINUE READINGHow is the industry addressing friction points that cause delays in give-up processing? This webinar features members of the Derivatives Market Institute for Standards who have been actively implementing the Final Standard for Improving Timeliness of Trade Give-Ups and Allocations (30/30/30) released in June 2023. Representatives from brokerage firms and clients will share how they identified and resolved issues causing processing delays, reduced risk and increased the percentage of trades in the right account on T+0.
CONTINUE READINGFIA appreciates US House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill and House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T. Thompson for advancing the bipartisan CLARITY Act. This legislation is an important step in providing legal and regulatory certainty for the crypto and financial services industry.
CONTINUE READINGThe total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs reached a record setting $390.4 billion in April, up 11.3% from the previous month and up 19.1% over the last 12 months. The number of FCMs holding customer funds in futures accounts was recorded at 50 in April, up from 48 year ago but down from 53 five years ago.
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.
CONTINUE READINGResponding to the European Commission’s consultation on capital markets integration, FIA EPTA calls for reducing friction in trading and post-trading and improving the competitive landscape.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, EACB, EFAMA and ISDA have written to the European Securities and Markets Authority to highlight concerns regarding the imminent entry into effect of the Active Account Requirement on 24 June 2025, in the absence of required Level 2 implementing rules. Without these rules, EU market participants lack clarity on the final AAR requirements with which they must comply from that date. The associations request that ESMA issues an opinion to national competent authorities asking them not to prioritise any supervisory or enforcement action in relation to AAR, namely the representativeness requirement.
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