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Five Years On: Revisiting FIA’s 2020 Innovators Pavilion startups
Five years ago, FIA welcomed nine technology startups from around the world to its annual Innovators Pavilion, a showcase held each November at FIA’s Futures and Options Expo in Chicago. We check back in on some of the companies for an update.
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MarketVoice Podcast - Klaus Löber, Chair of the CCP Supervisory Committee, ESMA
While in Paris for the FIA Forum, Walt Lukken sat down with Klaus Löber, Chair of the CCP Supervisory Committee at the European Securities Markets Authority, to discuss market trends, regulatory simplification, EMIR 3.0 and the importance of working with other international regulators.
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People News – September/October 2025
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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FIA Forum Paris: Industry leaders discuss boosting efficiency in cleared derivatives markets
At FIA’s forum in Paris last month, market participants discussed the innovations, initiatives and challenges shaping efforts to make the trading and clearing of derivatives more resilient and efficient.
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FIA Forum Paris: Experts highlight challenges and opportunities in European derivatives markets
The need for regulatory simplification and a growing trend of product and technology innovation were among the topics discussed during a panel on challenges and opportunities in the European derivatives markets at the FIA Paris Forum on 25 September.
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FIA Forum Paris: Panellists urge EU-wide supervision, discuss EMIR 3.0 hurdles
Regulators and market leaders debated the merits of centralised supervision in the EU, challenges in implementing EMIR 3.0, and the UK’s approach to systemically important clearinghouses, among other topics, at FIA’s forum in Paris.
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NCDEX gets ready for equity derivatives launch
India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, the country's largest agricultural commodities trading venue, is gearing up to launch equity and equity derivatives trading on its platform after receiving preliminary approval from the country’s markets regulator this summer. NCDEX is the latest Indian exchange to expand to this asset class.
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People News – August / September 2025
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry
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Explainer: Perpetual futures contracts
A perpetual, or perp in industry speak, has no stated expiry date, allowing a party to hold a position until offsetting it to terminate the exposure. They are cash settled trades that provide leveraged exposure to the spot price of an asset, as opposed to providing exposure to a price in the future.
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CFTC withdraws “duplicative and unnecessary” proposed rulemakings
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission last week withdrew proposed guidance and rulemaking in several areas as it seeks to align with the US administration’s goal of simplifying regulation and reducing burdens on market participants.
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