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FIA year in review highlights strategy to modernise settlement workflow for ETDs

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Published on: 07 January 2022

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LNB News 07/01/2022

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Issue Date: 07 January 2022

Published Date: 07 January 2022

Jurisdiction(s): United Kingdom

Article summary

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has published a review summarising its work in 2021. As particular highlights of 2021, the review notes the publication of FIA’s ‘Blueprint for Change’, designed to guide industry efforts by providing standardised procedures around settlement and clearing for exchange traded derivatives (ETDs). It also notes the September 2021 publication of FIA’s key principles for cross-border regulation and the return to in-person events following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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