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FIA responds to EBA SREP guidelines consultation
FIA highlights issues for consideration by the EBA for the SREP Guidelines, with the aim of increasing proportionality and increase alignment with existing EU regulatory frameworks in the Operational Resilience space.
CONTINUE READINGEU capital markets reform takes centre stage at FIA Brussels Forum
Europe’s push to strengthen its capital markets took centre stage at an FIA forum in Brussels this month, with policymakers and market participants examining the European Commission’s Market Integration and Supervision Package and proposed reforms to ESMA’s supervisory powers.
CONTINUE READINGFIA launches Markets Academy to expand global industry education
New platform brings IFM courses and FIA resources together under a single education hub
CONTINUE READINGAnatomy of Prediction Markets SOLD OUT!
Prediction markets harness trading activity to forecast the likelihood of future events—ranging from elections and economic indicators to corporate performance and public policy outcomes. This course offers a practical introduction to how prediction markets operate, how trading behavior aggregates information, and why these markets can serve as powerful forecasting tools.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint: FIA in Brussels – In-person meetings, outsized impact
Over the course of two-plus days, we met with policymakers at the European Commission, several EU Member States’ representations, key members of the European Parliament and their staff, and leaders at the European Securities and Markets Authority and European Central Bank. We reiterated the story of the global cleared derivatives industry, how we agree with the push to simplify the regulatory burden on our members and discussed centralised supervision.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint: Five mega trends for 2026
To help frame many of the discussions at this year's Asset Management Derivatives Conference, I shared five trends that matter to both the buyside and sellside.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint: Don’t let the January blues get you down
2025 was a year in which FIA members leaned in, worked together and delivered meaningful progress for global derivatives markets. We should take pride in how often our work translated into real-world outcomes.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint: Clearing the way for stronger EU supervision
The European Commission intends to propose empowering the European Securities and Markets Authority as the central supervisor for the EU’s most significant cross-border entities – including central counterparties, central securities depositories, large trading venues and crypto exchanges. The formal proposal is expected in the coming weeks. If ESMA is to assume direct supervision, its governance framework will need to evolve in step with its expanded mandate.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint - Cleaning our Regulatory Closet
We have come to the end of a regulatory super cycle that began with the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, and it's time to "spring clean" our regulatory closet. Over the last 15 years, governments have placed layers and layers of regulation on financial firms, some certainly justified but some excessive and overly prescriptive. The compliance costs of these regulations have a real impact on our economic growth and productivity.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint – A hard reset: A return to recognition
A recent policy document details the return of the UK’s recognition approach for regulating cross-border business that the UK helped develop nearly forty years ago. This nuanced change would unlock tremendous capacity for our industry to grow and return our markets to a more outcomes-based approach that could kick-start productivity in our global markets.
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