Industry Guidance

Worldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives reached 10.84 billion contracts in August. This decreased 16.1% from July 2026 but increased 12.4% from August 2025.

DLA Piper's global derivatives practice advises clients across the financial markets ecosystem, including financial institutions, exchanges, clearing houses, asset managers, corporates and other market participants. The team delivers strategic advice on complex transactional, documentation and regulatory issues relating to both exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivatives.

The Execution Source Code Standard addresses a longstanding industry challenge by establishing a common framework for capturing and preserving execution source information across exchange-traded derivatives markets.

Join Bracewell’s Congressional Investigations practice for a preview of the House and Senate investigations landscape following the midterm elections. The discussion explores the upcoming risk landscape for the futures industry and beyond, the evolving legal and political dynamics, and how industry stakeholders can best prepare.

Members can register two days early and access conference hotel room blocks before registration opens to all attendees

FIA and ISDA have responded to the Bank of England's CCP resolution Discussion Paper, urging that default fund contributions not absorb non-default losses and defending the NCWO safeguard.