CFTC Announces Mutual Acceptance of Approved Legal Entity Identifiers
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced in a Notice posted on the CFTC.gov website…
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New SimCorp StrategyLab Book on Asset Management Industry Highlights Need for Innovative Technology
– New book published by SimCorp StrategyLab and Palgrave Macmillan offers a comprehensive…
CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk and Division of Market Oversight Provide Time-Limited No-Action Relief for swap execution facilities (“SEFs”) from compliance with certain requirements of Commission Regulations 37.9(a)(2) and 37.203(a)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk and Division of Market Oversight…
What If OTC Derivatives were Banned? A Look at the Potential Impact on Asset Managers
What would be the consequences of banning derivatives from the asset management industry? Alessandro Beber, a…
CFTC Announces that the Third Phase of Mandatory Clearing of iTraxx CDS Indices Begins Today and Reminds Market Participants that Cross-Border Exemptive Relief Expired on October 9, 2013
The Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announces that…
CFTC Adopts Rule Amendment to Clarify that Prohibition against Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Associating with Persons Who Are Statutorily Disqualified Does Not Apply in the Case of Clerical and Ministerial Employees
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced issuance of an amendment to its Regulation 23.22 to…
ESMA Publishes Amended EMIR Q&A Clarifying the Use of LEI Identifiers
ESMA published today an update of its Question and Answers (Q&A) (Ref. 2013/1527) on the European…
CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Relief Regarding the Treatment of Swap Transactions by Certain Non-U.S. Persons, for Purposes of Making Calculations Under the Swap Dealer Definition
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission’s) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued…
CPSS and IOSCO Issue a Consultative Document on Quantitative Disclosure by Central Counterparties
The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have…
IOSCO Urges Implementation of Principles for Financial Benchmarks
The International Organization of Securities Commissions published today a public communique entitled Implementation of the Principles…