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CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Letter Regarding the De Minimis Threshold for Swaps with Utility Special Entities
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) issued a letter today…
CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Provides Extension of Temporary No-Action Relief with respect to Swaps Trading on Multilateral Trading Facilities Overseen by Competent Authorities Designated by European Union Member States
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance…
EC Response to ESMA on Classification of Financial Instruments
ESMA has published the response received from Commissioner Michel Barnier in response to its letter of 14…
CCP Clearing Back to the Forefront
CCP authorisation kicks off and puts OTC derivatives central clearing under EMIR centre stage again
ESMA Publishes List of Authorised CCPs and OTC Derivatives
Following the authorisation of NASDAQ OMX as the first EU-based CCP on 18 March 2014, the European…
CFTC Requests Public Comment on Swap Data Reporting Rules
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today approved for publication in the Federal Register a request for…
Assessment of Basel III Capital Regulations in Australia Concluded by the Basel Committee
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today published a report assessing the regulations that implement the…
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Canadian Authorities Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Supervision of Cross-Border Regulated Entities
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and leaders…