ESMA Consults on MiFID Reforms
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched the consultation process for the implementation of the…
Commentary
ESMA Publishes 8th Updated Q&A on EMIR Implementation
The Q&A’s purpose is to promote common supervisory approaches and practices in the application of EMIR. It…
Weighing the Options (Insource vs Outsource vs Cloud)
A look at the various collateral management models on offer: insourced solutions, outsourced services and cloud-based technology
CCP Clearing Catch Up: NDFs, Global Progress & HFT
Are NDFs next? OTC Subject Matter Expert, Sol Steinberg offers an update on what’s shaking in the…
CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee to Meet on June 3, 2014
Full committee (along with Subcommittees on Automated and High Frequency Trading and Data Standards) to focus on…
CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Announces Streamlined Approach for Considering Requests for Relief from Registration for Delegating Commodity Pool Operators
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) announced in a letter…
Germany Spotlight: KVGs Preparing for CCP Clearing under EMIR
In a DerivSource podcast, I spoke to two experts about KVGs and the challenges these organisations face…
CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee to Meet May 21, 2014
Agenda items include foreign-based swaps, clearinghouses and swaps execution facilities The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)…
ESMA States Intention to “Ease” Frontloading Requirement
This week ESMA sent a letter to the European Commission stating its intention on easing the frontloading requirements under EMIR with…
Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen Announces Three Actions to Protect Liquidity for Certain End-Users, Further Consider Certain Hedging Practices, and Promote Trading on SEFs and DCMs
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and Commissioner Scott O’Malia today announced three…