Elan Mendel on Derivatives Clearing Organizations

EU Swaps-Clearing Clash

European Union (EU) delegates are unable to settle a dispute between Germany and the U.K. regarding derivatives-clearing competition, requiring the discussion to begin again on draft legislation. Ireland, which holds the EU’s...more

4/22/2013 - Competition Derivatives Clearing Organizations EU High Frequency Trading MiFID Position Limits

LCH.Clearnet Cites ‘Major’ Tech Failure In December

LCH.Clearnet Ltd., one of the world’s largest interest-rate swap clearinghouse, cited a “major” information technology failure on December 31st of last year. The IT failure affected payment processing in the U.K. and...more

3/26/2013 - Derivatives Clearing Organizations Equipment Failure Swaps

Group Issues Report To Harmonize U.S. And E.U. Swaps Clearing

The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (CCMR) issued a letter to derivatives regulators for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more

2/4/2013 - CCMR CFTC Derivatives Clearing Organizations ESMA EU European Commission Foreign Banks Regulations for the Administration of Futures Trading Swap Clearing Swaps

CFTC Unlikely To Close Derivatives Loopholes Used by Wall Street

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is unlikely to close foreign loopholes used by Wall Street to help its offshore clients evade new rules governing swaps and the $640 trillion OTC derivatives market....more

12/3/2012 - CFTC Derivatives Derivatives Clearing Organizations OTC Swap Market Swaps

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Elan Mendel

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