The respective boards of FIA, FIA Europe and FIA Asia today announced that they have reached an agreement to formally merge the three associations in the first quarter of 2016.
CONTINUE READINGWashington, D.C.—August 14, 2015—FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken released the following statement in response to CFTC Commissioner Mark Wetjen’s announcement that he would retire from the Commission on August 28, 2015.
CONTINUE READINGWashington, D.C.—June 9, 2015—Today, FIA Global, in cooperation with the law firms Linklaters and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, announced an interactive tool to compare and assess the rules of central counterparties (CCPs) within the FIA CCP Risk Review™.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has published a review of the cumulative effect of European derivatives law reform, setting out the core issues and offering potential solutions to encourage further debate.
CONTINUE READINGWashington, D.C.—May 28, 2015—FIA announced the launch of Innovators Pavilion, a showcase for startup companies providing forward-thinking solutions for the futures, options and cleared swaps industry.
CONTINUE READINGFIA President and CEO Walt Lukken delivered a keynote address at the FIA Japan Financial Market Conference in Tokyo on May 13. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow:
CONTINUE READINGFIA Europe CEO, Simon Puleston Jones delivered a keynote address at FOW Post-trade event in London on 11 May. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow:
CONTINUE READINGWashington, D.C.—Feb. 29, 2012—The Futures Industry Association released two documents today to address issues related to the bankruptcy of MF Global.
CONTINUE READINGFIA Principal Traders Group supports the use of pilot programs to test ideas for making changes to US equity market structure and applauds the SEC for their continued use of data-driven decision making.
CONTINUE READINGWASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 25, 2014—FIA today issued an updated version of its guide to the rules and regulations relating to customer fund protections in the U.S.
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