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DMIST Publishes Final Standard for Position Transfers
This is the third final standard published by DMIST, an independent organization formed by FIA in July 2022, to promote greater efficiency across the trading and clearing workflow.
CONTINUE READINGTrends in Extraterritorial Enforcement in Derivatives Markets
Bracewell addresses issues covering CFTC/DOJ prosecution of Commodity Exchange Act Violations for Non-US Conduct and UK and EU developments.
CONTINUE READINGPeople News – August / September 2025
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
CONTINUE READINGNCDEX gets ready for equity derivatives launch
India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, the country's largest agricultural commodities trading venue, is gearing up to launch equity and equity derivatives trading on its platform after receiving preliminary approval from the country’s markets regulator this summer. NCDEX is the latest Indian exchange to expand to this asset class.
CONTINUE READINGExplainer: Perpetual futures contracts
A perpetual, or perp in industry speak, has no stated expiry date, allowing a party to hold a position until offsetting it to terminate the exposure. They are cash settled trades that provide leveraged exposure to the spot price of an asset, as opposed to providing exposure to a price in the future.
CONTINUE READINGState Attorneys General
The Trump administration's significant personnel and policy changes across the federal government's financial regulatory agencies have sparked a response from State regulatory and enforcement officials who possess significant sovereign authority independent of the federal government. Lawyers from WilmerHale explain how this shift could impact financial markets and CFTC registered entities.
CONTINUE READINGFIA's Lukken calls for “new era” in SEC-CFTC collaboration
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today participated in a joint meeting of the two main market regulators in the US – the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The joint meeting was organized for the purpose of promoting better collaboration between these two agencies, a goal that FIA has long championed as critical to effective oversight and intelligent regulation.
CONTINUE READINGFIA New Member Profile – Nanhua Financial (UK) Co Limited
Nanhua Financial (UK) Co. Limited is a global broker specialising in commodity and financial futures, headquartered in London. The firm’s core activities include trading, execution and clearing of metals, agricultural, and energy commodity futures, as well as currency futures and options on futures.
CONTINUE READING2025 issue of MarketVoice magazine
The 2025 issue of FIA's MarketVoice magazine includes exchange leader interviews, analyses of shifting regulatory landscapes, the latest on 24/7 futures markets, a look at tokenisation moving from pilot programmes to prevalent practice, and much more!
CONTINUE READINGFIA responds to TMX consultation on approved persons regime
FIA supports TMXs goals and objectives for a revised Approved Persons framework, particularly the simplification, modernization, and streamlining components. The comments it provides are intended to assist TMX in achieving these goals and objectives while also ensuring that the framework is practical and manageable for firms.
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