Update

Membership

	New Members

We are pleased to welcome two new members since the last Update:

Easy2Trade Direct Limited
Easy2Trade is the new way to access the world's financial markets on-line. Delivered over the Internet, connecting straight through to the Exchanges, Easy2Trade offers an easy to use, competitive and highly efficient futures and options trading service on LIFFE and Eurex, expanding to the other major global derivatives markets and to include equity trading during 2001.
For further information visit their web site http://www.easy2trade.com/.

Exchange Systems Technology Ltd
EST was founded in 1995 by an experienced team of consultants who had worked together for many years providing a variety of IT and consultancy services to the global futures industry. The company was formed to take advantage of the significant technological enhancements made in IT and telecommunications providing global clearing systems to the financial marketplace.
For further information visit their web site http://exchangesys.com/.

	New Database

The FOA now has a more advanced database in operation which can hold much more detailed data relating to members to ensure that we continue to provide an excellent service. An example of this is attendance at fora meetings and training courses which may qualify as continuation training over the coming months.

To ensure that your record is kept up to date please email any changes to the following to Julie Bullivant:-

Your job title
Your email address
Your direct telephone number
Your direct fax number

	FOA Fora

As members will know, the FOA has hosted a regular series of forum meetings for compliance officers, clearing and settlement managers and finance officers and that will continue through 2001 largely unchanged except that:

- the FOA, in view of the increasing emphasis on continuation training by the FSA, will be looking to "badge" forum meetings as accountable towards continuation training requirements;
- the focus through 2001 will be mainly on implementation issues in the run up to N2 (possibly now late summer/early autumn - although formally there has been no change);
- all members' staff on the FOA database will be circulated with the agenda of every forum (so if there are individuals within firms who would like to take advantage of attending the forum meetings, please ensure that they are included on its database by contacting Julie Bullivant).

FOA fora will continue to be held on a complimentary basis and to be overseen by the relevant FOA Committees. However, in order to avoid incurring unnecessary costs, it is very important that registrants advise the FOA if they are unable to attend AND those wishing to to come to a forum meeting register their intended attendance IN ADVANCE.

We have also taken the opportunity to rename the fora as follows:-

Again, if you wish to register an interest for any of the above please advise Julie Bullivant.

The dates for the above for the duration of 2001 are:-

Compliance Forum: 4 pm - 6 pm
Tuesday 27 February
Tuesday 24 April
Tuesday 29 May
Tuesday 31 July
Tuesday 4 September
Tuesday 30 October
Tuesday 27 November

Clearing & Settlement Forum: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Tuesday 13 March
Tuesday 15 May
Tuesday 20 November

Energy Forum: Time TBA
Thursday 5 April
Thursday 27 September

Financial Regulation Forum: 4 pm - 6 pm
Thursday 8 March
Thursday 3 May
Thursday 18 October

General Forum: 2pm - 6pm
Tuesday 27 March
Tuesday 26 June
Tuesday 25 September

Members will be sent the agendas nearer the time but keep your eyes on the web site for details of any date and time changes.