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EMIR Alert: Refit Reporting Changes Go Live

18 June 2020 will mark one year since the EMIR Refit Regulation (the “EMIR Refit”) came into force. On the same date, the reporting responsibility changes introduced by the EMIR Refit will take effect....more

Seeding and Acceleration Deals

The concept of seeding is straightforward. A fund manager receives an allocation from one or more investors of sufficient size in order to ensure the launch of his hedge fund strategy. Unfortunately, that is where the...more

SFTR Alert: Buy-side reporting reprieve

A recent exchange of letters between the European Commission and ESMA and AIMA has confirmed that non-EU AIFs (irrespective of manager location) will not be subject to the SFTR reporting obligation, bringing welcome clarity...more

EMIR Alert: Margin Clarity Ahead

Earlier this month, the ESAs published a final report on proposed updates to the existing EMIR margin rules (the “Margin RTS Updates”). Although not yet final, the absence of a public consultation and fast approaching...more

EMIR ALERT: EMIR REFIT – 19 days to go…

On Tuesday 28 May 2019, the EMIR Refit Regulation (the "EMIR Refit") was published in the Official Journal. Relevant entities now have only 19 days to prepare for some of the key changes, ahead of the go live date of Monday...more

SFTR Alert: Reporting Countdown

Triggered by last month’s publication in the Official Journal, today, 20 days following that publication, marks the day that the regulatory technical standards (RTS) relating to the new Securities Financing Transactions...more

Brexit Manoeuvres: Potential Implications of a "Hard Brexit" for Fund Managers: A UK Perspective - September 2019

With six months to go until the UK’s departure from the EU, Dechert’s ‘Brexit Manoeuvres’ guide sets out at a high level, from a UK perspective, the practical implications of a “hard Brexit” as it relates to: - Alternative...more

Brexit for Derivatives? New Irish and French Law ISDA Master Agreements for the Derivatives Market

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") has published two new ISDA Master Agreements in a Brexit prompted update for the European OTC Derivatives market. What has happened? On 28 June 2018, new...more

Financial Services Quarterly Report - First Quarter 2018: LIBOR – Where Are We Now?

Discussion of LIBOR was catapulted back into the spotlight last summer when Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), gave a speech1 on the reference rate’s future. The key take-away was...more

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) publish final draft technical standards amending margin requirements for...

The ESAs published their co-authored draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the 19 December 2017, amending the framework of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in relation to physically settled foreign...more

European Commission and CFTC Publish Announcement on EU/US Clearing Equivalence

The European Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced a “common approach for transatlantic CCPs” on 10 February 2016. Under this “common approach,” the European Commission has pledged to...more

Confirmed Start Dates for Clearing Under EMIR

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 (the “Regulation”) supplementing the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”) was published on 1 December in the Official Journal of the European Union....more

12/3/2015  /  Derivatives , EMIR , EU , Interest Rates , Swaps

Funds and the Derivatives Markets: Recent Developments and Ongoing Challenges*

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF DODD-FRANK TITLE VII - Title VII of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Title VII" or "Dodd- Frank"), enacted on July 21, 2010, provided for the first time...more

Application of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation to Alternative Investment Fund Managers

European investment managers of non-UCITs funds will have to be authorised as an alternative investment fund manager (known as an “AIFM” under AIFMD) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”) from 22...more

Reform of the Derivative Markets in the European Union

The phased-in implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation1 (EMIR), the European Union’s wide-ranging reform of its derivative markets, is due to continue throughout 2014. Risk mitigation rules were...more

ISDA Adopts Model Arbitration Clauses for Use with ISDA Master Agreements

Following extensive consultation with its members, in September 2013 the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) published seven model international arbitration clauses (the “Model Arbitration Clauses”) for...more

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