Yesterday, the CFTC Divisions of Market Oversight and Clearing and Risk (Divisions) issued No-Action Letter 14-121, which extends the time-limited, conditional relief that would have expired today, September 30, 2014…
On September 29, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) released a public consultation on proposals intended to achieve the cross-border recognition of resolution actions and remove impediments to the cross-border resolution. …
The CFTC has issued the pre-publication text of its re-proposed margin rule on uncleared swaps margin requirements. There will be a 60-day comment period after the date of its publication…
The CFTC announced that the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) will hold a public meeting on October 9, 2014 at the CFTC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The meeting will focus…
On September 24, CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo delivered a key note address at the 35th Annual Burgenstock Conference in Switzerland where he raised concerns related to current cross-border derivatives…
On September 24, the U.S. Prudential Regulators published in the Federal Register a proposed rule on margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (comments due November 24, 2014).
On September 19, the CFTC published Staff Letter 14-118 which provides relif to SEFs from the "occurs away" requirement until December 15, 2015. The relief is subject to certain conditions,…
On September 11, the SEC published in the Federal Register a proposed rule on the treatment of certain communications involving security-based swaps and eligible contract participants. Under the proposed rule,…
On September 15, the BIS released its quarterly review for September 2014.
On September 16, IOSCO published a consultation report titled, “Risk Mitigation Standards for Non-centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives”. Comments are due October 17, 2014.
