SEC Proposes Rules to Increase Transparency and Improve Integrity of Credit Ratings
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose new rules and amendments intended to increase…
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ESMA issues Guidelines on Endorsement and Clarifies the Use for Regulatory Purposes of Credit Ratings issued Outside the European Union after 6 June 2011
ESMA issues today its Guidelines on endorsement (ESMA/2011/139) in a Final Report, including a Feed- back…
SEC Seeks Public Comment to Assist in Study on Assigned Credit Ratings
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published on its website a request for public comment on the…
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Announces Appointment of Steven Adamske as Director of Public Affairs
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Gary Gensler today announced the appointment of Steven W. Adamske to…
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Votes to Establish a New Subcommittee of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC)
New Subcommittee on Data Standardization is Seeking Nominations for Members Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, the chairman of…
Custodians Gearing Up to Support More Complex Collateral Management Needs of Buy-Side Clients
Growing complexity in managing collateral resulting from new CCP collateral requirements and regulatory reform is driving buy-side…
Antitrust: Commission Probes Credit Default Swaps Market
European Commission Press Release The European Commission has opened two antitrust investigations concerning the Credit Default Swaps…
CFTC Staff Provides Concepts and Questions Document Ahead of Joint CFTC-SEC Public Roundtable Discussion on Dodd-Frank Implementation
Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released a document setting forth concepts that it…
SEC Proposes Product Definitions for Swaps
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose rules further defining the terms “swap,” “security-based…
Clampdown on Derivatives Trading Economic and Monetary Affairs
New EU legislation designed to regulate the trade in derivatives – widely believed to have contributed to…