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This Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the Futures Industry Association (FIA). It is updated and reviewed regularly and covers documents published since January 2018. Information in this Practice Note is also included in relevant Practice Notes in Banking & Finance.

All of the FIA updates referred to in this Practice Note were originally published on the FIA website (subscription required for full access). Commentary and related documents are provided by Banking & Finance.

Certain terms are abbreviated throughout this Practice Note. For ease of reference, these are listed out below:

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   ABA—American Bankers Association

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   AFME—Association for Financial Markets in Europe

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   AIMA—Alternative Investment Management Association

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   Assosim—Association for Financial Market Intermediaries

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   BCBS—Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

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   BoE—Bank of England

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   BPI—Bank Policy Institute

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   CCP—central counterparty

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   CDS—credit default swaps

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    CFTC—Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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    EBF—European Banking Federation

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    EFET—European Federation of Energy Traders