Futures Industry Association, Inc.

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

400,000€ - 499,999€

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (7)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

2

High-level Commission meetings

12

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Futures Industry Association, Inc.   (FIA)

    EU Transparency Register

    803137414612-21 First registered on 28 Oct 2014

    Goals / Remit

    FIA is the leading global trade organization for the futures, options & centrally cleared derivatives markets, with offices in Brussels, London, Singapore and Washington, D.C. FIA’s membership includes clearing firms, exchanges, clearinghouses, trading firms and commodities specialists from more than 48 countries as well as technology vendors, lawyers & other professionals serving the industry. FIA’s mission is to support open, transparent and competitive markets, protect and enhance the integrity of the financial system, & promote high standards of professional conduct. As the principal members of derivatives clearinghouses worldwide, FIA's member firms play a critical role in the reduction of systemic risk in global financial markets.

    FIA seeks to sustain industry growth & enhance the integrity of markets & firms through the cycle of regulatory change. It works with members to maintain constructive dialogue with government and regulatory authorities.

    Main EU files targeted

    - All legislative and non-legislative initiatives on post-trade, including developments of the level 2 framework, under the revised European market infrastructure regulation (i.e. EMIR), the future of CCPs equivalence and EU strategy to increase clearing in the EU.
    - Measures related to the Capital Markets Union (CMU) with a specific focus on the revision of the regulation and Directive on markets in financial instruments (MiFID/R), the development of a European Single Access Point (ESAP), work related to reporting and supervisory data as well as future work on harmonising insolvency framework.
    - Regulatory developments of the EU Banking Union with focus on Basel 3 implementation into the EU through revision of the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation.
    - Developments related to digital finance, operational resilience and cybersecurity, including the EU Market in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
    - Developments related to sustainable finance, including voluntary and compliance carbon markets, the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) and proposals linked to the financial services sector under the European Green Deal and Fit for 55 package of the EU.
    - International relations in the field of financial services, especially with the UK and the U.S.
    - Energy issues in relation to commodity trading.
    - Energy emergency measures in response to the energy crisis.
    - New Prudential Regime for Investment Firms, Market Abuse Directive/Regulation.

    Address

    Head Office
    2001 K Street NW Suite 725, North Tower
    Washington
    UNITED STATES
    EU Office
    Square de Meeus 37
    Brussels 1000 - 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    7

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%2
    10%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Jean Pierre SALENDRES 17 May 2023 16 May 2024
    Ms Corinna SCHEMPP 17 May 2023 16 May 2024
    Ms Corinna SCHEMPP 11 Aug 2020 01 Sep 2021
    Ms Corinna SCHEMPP 09 Aug 2019 08 Aug 2020
    Ms Corinna SCHEMPP 26 Jul 2018 23 Jul 2019
    Ms Corinna SCHEMPP 31 Aug 2017 26 Jul 2018

    Complementary Information

    We have 7 individuals as persons involved from FIA in influencing the EU decision making progress, which are directly or indirectly involved in the EU Transparency Register activity. In addition, we estimated the percentage of 5 individuals calculated the number of persons involved and the combined percentage of time spent on the register with 10% and two individual with 25%, which equates to 1,10 full time equivalents (FTE).

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Member of European Capital Markets Institute
    Member of QED

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    fleishman hillard 25,000€ - 49,999€
    freshfields bruckhaus deringer 50,000€ - 99,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    Name
    fleishman hillard

    Closed year Costs

    400,000€ - 499,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    FIA Annual Brussels Forum

    Other activities

    Participation in discussion and round tables with European institutions like the European Commission, European Parliament and European Supervisory Authorities like ESMA on EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR developments, Benchmarks developments, capital requirements and other European regulatory initiatives.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    12 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 22 May 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject EMIR 3.0, MiFID II Review
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 21 Sep 2022 Location virtual
      Subject Energy derivatives market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 Jan 2022 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject Investment Firms prudential framework
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 Jan 2022 Location Video call
      Subject Investment Firms prudential framework
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Mar 2021 Location Video Conferencing
      Subject Markets, Innovation and financial sustainability
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
    • Date 01 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing
      Subject Discussion on future relation with the Uk, equivalence decisions with the UK (equivalence under EMIR Art. 2a and derivative trading obligation), EMIR 2.2 and ESMA CCP Supervisory Committee.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
    • Date 07 Dec 2020 Location virtual
      Subject MiFID II
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Oct 2020 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject UK CCPs
      DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 26 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject EMIR - Brexit
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EMIR review; CCP Recovery & Resolution; MiFID
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      • Tatyana Panova (Cabinet member)
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject MiFID 2
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Introductory Meeting
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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