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Industry Guidance

Access guidance and best practices for members, their customers and market participants on operational and technological issues as well as law, regulatory and compliance issues.

Regulatory Guidance

  • FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO consultation on updated CCP resilience guidance and PQDs

    FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO's consultation on CCP resilience and PQDs, calling for stronger margin transparency, broader client access to simulation tools and a Level 3 post-implementation review.
  • FIA New Member Profile – ActiveViam

    ActiveViam is a financial data analytics software provider that enables financial institutions to compete as AI-first organisations, tackling their most complex risk challenges with a purpose-built technology platform.
  • FIA, ISDA, GFMA, CMC and CMCE respond to IOSCO consultation on OTC commodities position reporting

    FIA, alongside ISDA, GFMA, CMC and CMCE, has responded to IOSCO’s consultation on best practices for OTC commodities position reporting. The associations support IOSCO’s objectives but emphasises that regulators should prioritise better use of existing OTC derivatives data and enhanced cross-border cooperation, rather than introducing new reporting requirements. It also opposes mandatory or systematic OTC position reporting, advocating instead for a proportionate, risk-based approach based on targeted data requests and stronger coordination between authorities to avoid duplication, costs and unintended market impacts.
  • FIA supports revised US bank capital proposals, urges further refinements to support central clearing 

    FIA has filed two comment letters responding to US federal banking regulators' proposals to revise capital standards for Category I and II banking organizations, including the implementation of Basel III’s enhanced risk-based approach (ERBA) in the US, as well as proposed changes to the Federal Reserve’s capital surcharge for US global systemically important bank holding companies (G‑SIBs). 
  • FIA New Member Profile – Paul Murphy Associates

    Paul Murphy Associates is a global specialist provider of recruitment services. The company focuses on capital markets recruitment. Clients range from global exchanges, clearing firms, FCMs, broker-dealers and proprietary trading firms, to fintechs, market infrastructure providers and financial technology teams.
  • IDX 2026 opening remarks: The three peaks our industry faces

    Opening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the 2026 FIA International Derivatives Expo in London. As prepared for delivery.

Operational and Technology Guidance

  • FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO consultation on updated CCP resilience guidance and PQDs

    FIA responds to CPMI-IOSCO's consultation on CCP resilience and PQDs, calling for stronger margin transparency, broader client access to simulation tools and a Level 3 post-implementation review.
  • FIA New Member Profile – ActiveViam

    ActiveViam is a financial data analytics software provider that enables financial institutions to compete as AI-first organisations, tackling their most complex risk challenges with a purpose-built technology platform.
  • FIA, ISDA, GFMA, CMC and CMCE respond to IOSCO consultation on OTC commodities position reporting

    FIA, alongside ISDA, GFMA, CMC and CMCE, has responded to IOSCO’s consultation on best practices for OTC commodities position reporting. The associations support IOSCO’s objectives but emphasises that regulators should prioritise better use of existing OTC derivatives data and enhanced cross-border cooperation, rather than introducing new reporting requirements. It also opposes mandatory or systematic OTC position reporting, advocating instead for a proportionate, risk-based approach based on targeted data requests and stronger coordination between authorities to avoid duplication, costs and unintended market impacts.
  • FIA supports revised US bank capital proposals, urges further refinements to support central clearing 

    FIA has filed two comment letters responding to US federal banking regulators' proposals to revise capital standards for Category I and II banking organizations, including the implementation of Basel III’s enhanced risk-based approach (ERBA) in the US, as well as proposed changes to the Federal Reserve’s capital surcharge for US global systemically important bank holding companies (G‑SIBs). 
  • FIA New Member Profile – Paul Murphy Associates

    Paul Murphy Associates is a global specialist provider of recruitment services. The company focuses on capital markets recruitment. Clients range from global exchanges, clearing firms, FCMs, broker-dealers and proprietary trading firms, to fintechs, market infrastructure providers and financial technology teams.
  • IDX 2026 opening remarks: The three peaks our industry faces

    Opening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the 2026 FIA International Derivatives Expo in London. As prepared for delivery.