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Felix Shipkevich

Felix Shipkevich

Shipkevich PLLC


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Banks Oppose CFTC Proposal For Strict Controls Of Overseas Derivatives

Wall street bankers and some of the top finance ministers in the world are engaged in an intense battle with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as they attempt to stop the agency from extending their regulatory powers...more

5/2/2013 - CFTC Derivatives

Options Industry Opposes Market-To-Market Tax Proposal

The options industry is attempting to stop a proposal that would tax most financial derivatives on a market-to-market basis, that values positions based on their fair value....more

4/26/2013 - Derivatives Market-to-Market Basis OCC Stock Options

CME Group Applies For Trade Repository License

CME Group, the U.S. based derivatives exchange is in the process of applying for a license to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in an effort to become a trade repository in Europe....more

4/23/2013 - CFTC CME Derivatives ESMA EU London Stock Exchange

Dodd-Frank Swap Data Overlooked In JPMorgan Whale Mess

Dodd-Frank derivatives rules have failed to give regulators a complete perspective of the swaps market, which includes the recent loss similar to the JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s London Whale trades....more

3/20/2013 - Derivatives Dodd-Frank JPMorgan Chase Recordkeeping Requirements Reporting Requirements Swap Dealers Swaps

OTC Derivatives Law Announced By South Korean Regulator

A bill set to establish central counterparties to clear over-the-counter derivatives has been approved in South Korea. Xinhua News Agency reports that South Korean lawmakers passed the revised bill on capital markets act that...more

3/5/2013 - CCPs Derivatives Interest Rate Swaps OTC

U.S. Treasury Opposes E.U. Tax-On-Trades Plan

The U.S. Treasury announced their opposition to plans by 11 European Union countries to impose a small tax on trades in shares, bonds and derivatives. The Wall Street Journal reports that the European Commission will propose...more

2/15/2013 - Bonds Derivatives EU Financial Transaction Tax Foreign Investment Stocks U.S. Treasury

OTC Derivatives To Be Regulated In South Africa

According to Business Day, the South African authorities have made progress in developing and creating a system of regulation for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. In a report that promotes financial stability globally,...more

2/11/2013 - Derivatives OTC

Barnier Issues Letter To EU Lawmakers Concerning Swaps Rules

The European Union’s financial services chief, Michel Barnier, issued a letter asking EU Lawmakers to drop a threat that would block derivatives rules, stating the plan has the potential to harm the EU credibility....more

2/4/2013 - Derivatives Derivatives Clearing Organizations EU OTC Swap Data Repositories Swaps

High-Frequency Trading (HFT) And Central Clearing Of OTC Derivatives

What will the of increasing global OTC derivatives clearing be on high-frequency trading (HFT)? As speculation mounts about the impact of centralized clearing on pensions and hedge funds, attention has naturally turned to...more

1/28/2013 - Derivatives Derivatives Clearing Organizations Hedge Funds High Frequency Trading OTC

Euro Resolution Aims To Ease Derivatives Rules For Non-Financial Firms

New derivatives rules are in danger of being undercut in European Parliament as the body works to finalize a resolution that would ease regulation for non-financial firms in particular. This recalibration of rules that once...more

1/23/2013 - Derivatives EU European Commission Non-Financial Firms

The Future Of Derivatives Data: DTCC, CME And SDR’s

The future of derivatives data hangs in the balance as U.S. regulators deal with proposed Rule 1001, which would allow CME Group to report swaps data from its clients who have their swaps cleared with DTCC....more

1/17/2013 - CFTC Derivatives DTCC Swaps

The Other Lincoln Amendment: Will The Fed Go Soft On Derivatives?

It what is widely seen as a correction of an oversight, the U.S. Federal Reserve is debating whether to allow foreign banks to avoid expensive regulation. The issue stems from an amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act named after...more

1/9/2013 - Derivatives Dodd-Frank Federal Reserve Foreign Banks Lincoln Amendment Swaps

Global Derivatives Update: ESMA And Clearing, Italy’s Transaction Tax

A tax on equity derivatives transactions grew more likely in Italy this week, as the Italian Senate approved a budget containing the seeds of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)....more

12/21/2012 - CFTC Cross-Border Transactions Derivatives ESMA EU

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