ESMA Provides Implementing Rules for MiFID II
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its final technical advice (TA) and launches…
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CFTC Staff Issues Extensions of No-Action Relief to Four Foreign Clearing Organizations
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued extensions of…
CFTC Approves LCH.Clearnet Ltd’s Amended Order of Registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) approved an amendment to and consolidation of LCH.Clearnet Ltd’s (LCH)…
CFTC Staff Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief from Certain Recordkeeping Requirements under Commission Regulation 1.35(a)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and…
ESMA Adds Holland Clearing House BV to List of Authorised CCPs under EMIR
ESMA has today added the Holland Clearing House B.V. to its list of authorised CCPs under the…
Criteria for Identifying “Simple, Transparent and Comparable” securitisations: consultative Document Issued by the Basel Committee and IOSCO
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released today…
Federal Reserve Board Proposes Rule to Further Strengthen the capital positions of the largest, most Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed a rule to further strengthen the capital positions of the…
Proposed Requirements on Banks’ Disclosure of the Net Stable Funding Ratio issued by the Basel Committee
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has today issued for consultation the Net Stable Funding Ratio (“NSFR”)…
2014 Review: Europe Plays Derivatives Catch Up
A recap of derivatives regulatory reform in ’14
Opportunity Knocks for Collateral Management
Where the opportunity lies in the new collateral management paradigm