Industry Guidance

The total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs reached $437.9 billion in June, down 4.2% from the previous month but up 10.7% over the last 12 months.

FIA has submitted comments to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on its First Five-Year Plan for 2026–2030, recommending that the continued development of Hong Kong’s listed derivatives markets form an important part of the Plan.

Adeshini Naidoo will join FIA and lead its European policy team starting 14 September 2026

FIA supports the Bank of England’s initiative to extend RTGS/CHAPS settlement hours and recommends a phased approach, starting with 22x5 weekday operations to enhance liquidity management, cross-border payments, resilience, and market competitiveness while ensuring industry readiness.

FIA recognises that consolidation could reduce the aggregate clearing fund requirement, simplify operations and enable more efficient funding management. At the same time, FIA emphasises the importance of preserving transparent and risk-sensitive loss allocation and avoiding material cross-product subsidisation between clearing qualifications with different participant and risk profiles.

FIA responded to the CFTC's proposal regarding reporting of fully collateralized event contracts via futures reporting regimes.