FIA Responds to CFTC Proposal to Clarify Seg Funds Obligations

The Futures Industry Association filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on March 23, 2009 regarding a CFTC proposal to clarify the obligations incurred by depository banks when accepting customer funds. The FIA said it "gene ...

FIA Releases Volume Statistics for 2008

Washington, D.C. March 11, 2009 – Futures and options trading during 2008 hit 17.7 billion contracts, according to data from 69 exchanges worldwide that were tracked by the Futures Industry Association. Total volume grew by 13.7 percent from 2007, a ...

FIA Elects Directors and Officers

WASHINGTON, D.C.-March 11, 2009-The Futures Industry Association today announced the election of board members at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Following the election, the new board elected the association's officers and public directors. All me ...

FIA Announces Inductees to Futures Hall of Fame

WASHINGTON, D.C.-March 12, 2009-The Futures Industry Association today announced the induction of 21 new members into the Futures Hall of Fame, which was established in 2005 to commemorate outstanding contributions to the global futures and options commun ...