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FIA kicks off new year as single, global organization
The merger of FIA, FIA Europe and FIA Asia into a single organization took effect on January 8, 2016. The newly merged organization will serve both the global and regional needs of the futures, options and cleared swaps industries.
CONTINUE READINGWalt Lukken on the health of the clearing ecosystem
Walt Lukken delivered a State of the Union address to the FIA Asia Derivatives Conference 2015, touching on key issues including consolidation and lack of diversity of clearing members, the changing business model for clearing caused by regulatory costs and Basel III capital requirements, and potential fragmentation of global markets due to the lack of cross-border regulatory coordination.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG responds to CFTC’s proposed automated trading rule
Washington, D.C.—The FIA Principal Traders Group released a statement following the CFTC’s open meeting today to discuss the proposed rule on automated trading.
CONTINUE READINGFIA issues recommendations for efficient swap clearing
On Feb. 4, FIA released a set of recommendations aimed at improving important operational elements of the new clearing infrastructure for over-the-counter derivatives.
CONTINUE READINGUK wholesale power market change to trading calendar
Following extensive market consultation and coordination, the UK power market is taking the step to switch trading in wholesale UK power from the EFA calendar to the more widely used standard Gregorian calendar on Friday 1 November.
CONTINUE READINGFIA releases drop copy recommendations
The Futures Industry Association today released a set of recommendations for increasing the usefulness of drop copy systems in exchange-traded markets.
CONTINUE READINGFIA publishes order handling Risk Management recommendations for Executing Brokers
Building on recent FIA publications, including Market Access Risk Management Recommendations (April 2010) and Recommendations for Risk Controls for Trading Firms (November 2010), this document offers a number of recommendations for executing firms to consider both in designing policies for their own brokers that handle orders electronically and in dealing with customers that access the markets through a broker’s trading platform.
CONTINUE READINGFIA PTG recommends risk controls for trading firms
The FIA Principal Traders Group today released a report setting out a number of recommended risk controls for trading firms that have direct access to exchange matching engines.
CONTINUE READINGFIA issues direct market access recommendations
The FIA has issued a report that recommends a number of principles for managing the risks in direct access to exchanges.
CONTINUE READINGQ1 global futures and options volume jumps 43.2% to record 11.41 billion contracts
FIA today released data for global futures and options trading in the first quarter of 2020 that shows the total number of contracts traded on derivatives exchanges worldwide rose to 11.41 billion, an all-time quarterly record and an increase of 43.2% over the first quarter of 2019.
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