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EPTA cautions against gas price caps in a coalition with energy and financial associations
EPTA has joined with a coalition of energy and financial industry bodies, saying that a possible price-capping intervention could compromise Europe’s energy security, disrupt the functioning of its energy markets and carry significant risks to financial stability, without delivering sustainable price relief for consumers.
CONTINUE READINGTrends in ETD Trading Q1 2026
This webinar provides insights into trends in trading activity in the global listed derivatives markets for the first quarter of 2026, using data on volume and open interest to illustrate the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on commodity and financial futures and options.
CONTINUE READINGEPTA sets out its key messages on MISP (Trading and Post-trade)
EPTA strongly supports the Market Integration and Supervision Package and healthy, efficient and transparent markets in Europe. Increased scale, greater efficiency and genuine end-investor choice are critical to ensure MISP delivers real benefits for investors, issuers and the wider EU economy.
CONTINUE READINGAll roads lead to DLT: ECB advances Pontes and Appia
Europe’s push to enable settlement of DLT-based transactions in central bank money is moving from experimentation to implementation, with the European Central Bank launching a twin-track programme – Pontes and Appia – to bring tokenised settlement closer to reality. Speakers at FIA’s Brussels Forum earlier this month said the shift marks a significant step beyond recent exploratory trials, signalling growing confidence that distributed ledger technology can address long-standing inefficiencies in Europe’s collateral and settlement landscape.
CONTINUE READINGViewpoint: Extraordinary becomes ordinary
March 3 of this year saw the highest volumes of any day on record, according to data gathered by FIA Tech. But the markets seemed to digest these volumes with a yawn compared to past peak days. How did our industry process nearly double the volumes of past crises as if it were a normal trading day? The answer: technology, standards and metrics.
CONTINUE READINGMarch 2026 stats on customer funds held at US FCMs
The total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs reached a record $453.5 billion in March, up 2.4% from the previous month and up 29.2% over the last 12 months.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responds to CSRC CP on the 2026 measures for the supervision and administration of futures companies
The response supports the CSRC’s objective of strengthening supervision and implementing the PRC Futures and Derivatives Law, while recommending that the framework remain proportionate and workable for foreign-invested futures companies and international financial groups.
CONTINUE READINGFIA and ISDA respond to MAS CP on recovery and resolution planning for market infrastructures
FIA and ISDA respond to the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s consultation on recovery and resolution planning and enhancement of resolution powers for capital market infrastructures. The response supports the proposed framework for recovery and orderly wind-down planning for capital market infrastructures, while recommending greater clarity and safeguards on certain aspects of the framework.
CONTINUE READINGFIA responds to SEBI CP on review of variable net worth for stock brokers
FIA’s response supports SEBI’s objective of strengthening broker resilience, while recommending recalibration of the methodology to ensure it remains risk-based and proportionate, particularly in light of India’s pre‑funding, upstreaming and CCP-level risk safeguards.
CONTINUE READINGETD Volume - April 2026
Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 12.12 billion contracts in April. This decreased 11.9% from March 2026 but increased 26.6% from April 2025.
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