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IOSCO Consultation Report on Financial Benchmarks

Background - As we have previously reported, a Task Force of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) published a consultation on financial benchmarks on 11 January 2013 in response, in part,...more

5/7/2013 - Benchmarks Consultation EU Governance Standards IOSCO Libor

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 4, Issue 5 -- April 12, 2013

In This Issue: FINRA’s 2013 Communication Rules and Revisions to MSDAs; Regulation R and Bank Sales of Structured Products; FCA Temporary Product; and Intervention Rules: Nipping It in the Bud. Excerpt from...more

4/15/2013 - Broker-Dealer Distribution Rules Financial Conduct Authority FINRA FSMA Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act Product Intervention Rules Public Communications Regulation R Structured Financial Products

A European Financial Transaction Tax

In September 2011, the European Commission initially proposed that a financial transaction tax (“FTT”) be implemented by all 27 EU Member States, although it soon became clear that a significant proportion of the Member...more

3/18/2013 - EU European Commission Financial Transaction Tax Proposed Legislation

Protecting the CCP Egg Basket

Originally published in Derivatives Intelligence on February 25, 2013. The implementation of EMIR and the Dodd-Frank Act will mutualize large volumes of counterparty risk and, together with new requirements for trade...more

3/12/2013 - CCPs Dodd-Frank EMIR EU European Commission Risk Management

Avoiding Armageddon: Resolution Regimes for Central Clearing Counterparties

The September 2009 resolutions of the G20 nations at their Pittsburgh summit, as to the compulsory centralised clearing of standardised over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, paved the way for the creation of some of the biggest...more

2/5/2013 - Derivatives Derivatives Clearing Organizations Dodd-Frank EMIR EU European Commission FSB IOSCO OTC

Out of the Shadows and Into the Light

For the last four years, regulators and law makers have been focusing extraordinary efforts on ensuring that financial regulation is adequate to protect the financial system from risks emanating from the banking sector....more

12/28/2012 - Basel III EU European Commission FSB Money Market Funds Securitization Shadow Banking

Structured Thoughts -- Volume 3, Issue 14 -- December 18, 2012

In This Issue: Dividend Adjustments on the Way; Federal Court Decision Supports Use of “Big-Boy Letters”; FINRA Updates Its Suitability Questions and Answers; FINRA Rule 5123 Excludes Some, But Not All, Options;...more

12/19/2012 - Big-Boy Letters Commodity Pool Dividends ETFs FINRA Fiscal Cliff GFMA

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