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  • Opening remarks of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken at Expo 2021

    Good morning and welcome to FIA Expo. It’s been two years since we last met here in Chicago, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be back. Before Covid, my annual calendar revolved around FIA conferences.

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  • Isn’t it just software: Does my technology-based service or product trigger any regulatory obligations?

    In this webinar,  we discussed innovative platforms and products that challenge current regulatory regimes and that may or may not be subject to regulatory requirements based on the offering facts and circumstances. For example, we discussed prediction market, NFTs, DeFi, and A.I./automation/roboadvisors.

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  • Crypto for FCM customer accounts

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division (MPD) (formerly the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight) published guidance regarding the deposit of virtual (crypto) currencies by customers and holding of these currencies by futures commission merchants (FCMs) to margin customer transactions in crypto currency futures.

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  • ETD Volume - September 2021

    Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 5.63 billion contracts in the month of September, making it the highest level recorded.

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  • FIA Legal Opinions Refresher

    If you are an experienced user of FIA legal opinions, new to the world of FIA netting and other legal opinions for regulatory capital purposes or just curious as to why FIA maintains a library of legal opinions, tune in to this FIA webinar where experts from Clifford Chance LLP and FIA explain the types of legal opinions that FIA maintains, their structure and purpose in the context of regulatory capital requirements.

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  • APAC cross border trading: challenges and opportunities

    Whether it’s inter-regional or global, there are consistent dynamics which shape the exchange traded derivatives industry. In the Asia Pacific region, some have created opportunities amidst the current uncertain environment whilst others have posed major challenges.

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  • FIA Speaks Episode 22: Referencing Industry Data with Linda Coffman

    In this episode, FIA’s Will Acworth talks with Linda Coffman, the CEO of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility.

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  • FIA announces 10 startups selected for 2021 Innovators Pavilion

    FIA announced the 10 startups that have been chosen to exhibit in the 2021 Innovators Pavilion, FIA's annual showcase for fintech startups relevant to derivatives trading and clearing.

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  • Trade associations raise concerns about proposal that would upend the tax treatment of derivatives

    FIA and FIA PTG joined eight trade associations in concerns about the impact S. 2621, the Modernization of Derivatives Tax Act, may have on derivatives markets and the end-users that rely on them.

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  • FIA responds to ESMA on EMIR trade reporting

    FIA submitted a response to ESMA's consultation on September 30 on the draft Guidelines for derivatives reporting under EMIR that highlights key areas where additional clarity and guidance is required from ESMA to ensure consistent interpretation and implementation of reporting rules to enable improved data quality, accuracy and completeness of reported data under EMIR Refit.

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