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Instructor-led Course - Clearing 101: Safeguards for the Futures Market

Whether you're an industry professional, commercial hedger, fund manager or professional trader, it is important to understand the critical role that clearing plays in reducing the risk of counterparty default, guaranteeing the financial performance of all contracts and safeguarding customer funds. Instructor, John P. Davidson, whose leadership roles at both futures and equities clearinghouses and global intermediaries make him uniquely qualified to teach this course.

Join us for a virtual instructor-led workshop that explains the sophisticated systems that provide the infrastructure for clearing and settling derivatives and other financial transactions among clearing member financial institutions. The program will include relevant case studies to demonstrate clearinghouse functions and the impact and outcome of actual clearing events as well as an overview of the regulatory environment supervising these critical functions. Register Today

Online training for industry professionals, hedgers, fund managers and more!

Take advantage of valuable learning opportunities in an easily accessible online format. Get Smart on market conduct, exchange fundamentals, ethics, anti-money laundering and the associated regulatory requirements with FIA Markets Academy™. Our courses are designed to help market participants better understand the way derivatives markets work and the rules that protect them. Ideal for traders, sales, client services, and operations professionals and the senior managers that oversee them as well as analysts, programmers and team members that touch the futures markets. Scroll down for details on each course.

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Mandated Training

Stay compliant with employee training as mandated by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations and National Futures Association (NFA) rules.

	Initial Ethics Training Designed to meet CFTC Rule 166.3 training requirements for new registrants. 90-120 minutes		Anti-Money Laundering Designed to meet NFA Rule 2-9(c) & Interpretive Notice 9045 annual training requirements. 60 minutes
	Periodic Ethics Designed to meet CEA and NFA Rule 2-9 training requirements. 60 minutes		Safeguarding Customer Funds Designed to meet CFTC Rule 1.11 annual training requirements. 60 minutes

Market Conduct Training

These courses cover key prohibited and disruptive practices such as wash trading, insider trading, front running, and spoofing to help the industry avoid or mitigate regulatory penalties.

	Understanding & Avoiding Spoofing Behavior Designed to meet NFA Rule 2-9(c) & Interpretive Notice 9045 annual training requirements. 45 minutes		Exchange Trading & Regulatory Fundamentals for Electronic Traders Designed to meet NFA Rule 2-9(c) & Interpretive Notice 9045 annual training requirements. 30 minutes
	Market Conduct Fundamentals Designed to meet NFA Rule 2-9(c) & Interpretive Notice 9045 annual training requirements. 25 minutes

Exchange Courses

Our course content is developed by exchanges with a particular focus on areas where they see the most need for further education. Topics include prohibited and disruptive trading practices as well as position limits, block trades and EFRPs.

	Trade Surveillance & Regulatory Guidance for the Singapore Exchange (Accredited by IBF) 90 minutes		Rules & Regulatory Guidance for CME Group Markets 30 minutes
	Key Features & Regulatory Framework of the London Metal Exchange 60 minutes		Key Regulatory & Trading Requirements for Eurex 60 minutes
	Rules & Regulatory Guidance for ICE Futures U.S. 35 minutes

Futures Operations Courses

Specialized training courses in this library are designed to attract, train and upskill the next generation of operations professionals. A growing library of courses can be combined to earn futures industry micro-credential or certification.

	Give Up Essentials Required Level 1 course for candidates seeking to earn a Give-Up Professional micro-credential. 60-75 minutes		Give Up Essentials 2: Troubleshooting Real-World Scenarios Required Level 2 course for candidates seeking to earn a Give-Up Professional micro-credential. 90 minutes