FIA provides a forum for futures and options professionals from around the world to share information and concerns about the global futures industry. Many of FIA’s members are global players representing global clients in global markets. FIA works to facilitate cross-border trading, monitor and provide input to international regulators, advise new markets, and work toward standardization of practices and policies to create greater efficiency in cross-border trading. The FIA takes on international projects such as the development of recommendations to enhance the protection of assets of market participants wherever they are trading, and collecting information on rules, technology, and system design of international exchanges.