The FIA-sponsored European Agent Trustee Model (EATM) has gone live at LCH Ltd for its SwapClear service, marking an important milestone in a multi-year project between FIA, a consortium of bank clearing members, two European clearinghouses, and external counsel.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has filed comments with the CFTC on tokenization, stablecoins and digital asset market structure.
CONTINUE READINGThe total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs reached a record $409.4 billion in September, up 1.9% from the previous month and up 20.3% over the last 12 months. The number of FCMs holding customer funds in futures accounts was recorded at 50 in September, same as a year ago but down from 53 five years ago.
CONTINUE READINGAt FIA's Asia 2025 conference in Singapore, exchange leaders outlined a regional pivot towards after-hours trading, while also examining whether the rapid growth in retail activity can be maintained.
CONTINUE READINGFIA welcomes the European Commission's market integration package of measures, which aim to remove market barriers and enhance competitiveness in EU financial markets. FIA strongly supports these objectives and looks forward to reviewing and commenting on whether the goals of simplification and burden reduction will be achieved by the proposals.
CONTINUE READINGDevexperts, established in 2002, provides trading software and services for brokerages, wealth management firms and exchanges in equity, options, futures, forex and cryptocurrency markets. The Ireland-headquartered company employs more than 800 engineers across offices in the US, Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal, Turkey, Georgia and Singapore. Its flagship product is DXtrade, a multi-asset trading platform for brokers.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has updated its CCP Tracker visualizations with data from the second quarter.
CONTINUE READINGFIA created this page for members as a resource for information related to market closures, schedule changes and regulatory considerations due to the US National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter on 9 January 2025.
CONTINUE READINGFIA, EACH, FESE, and AFME strongly urge the European Commission to clarify that financial services provided by EU and non-EU firms to financial entities are not considered ‘ICT services’ under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
CONTINUE READINGThe total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs reached $346.5 billion in November, up 5% from the previous month and up 7.5% over the last 12 months. The number of FCMs holding customer funds in futures accounts was recorded at 49 in November, up from 45 year ago but down from 54 five years ago.
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