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Orrick - Finance 20/20

Agencies Finalize Amendments to Swap Margin Rule

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On June 25, federal agencies finalized a rule that updates margin and capital requirements for banks and other entities with significant swap activities. The updated rule no longer requires entities that are part of the same...more

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U.S. Regulator Suggests Easing Post-Crisis Derivatives Rules

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In another sign of progress, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed easing a rule that requires banks to put cash aside to safeguard derivatives trades among affiliates. The proposal would remove the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on SEC/Corporate, Broker-Dealer, Derivatives and UK/EU Developments

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Approves NYSE Rule to Facilitate Listing Without an IPO - On February 2, the Securities and Exchange Commissions approved a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rule change that facilitates the listing...more

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Update: Prudential Regulators Delay Compliance Deadline for New Swap Margin Rules

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If you have been following our alerts on the pending deadlines (and the delays of these deadlines by certain regulators) of the new swap variation margin rules (New Swap Margin Rules) that were due to go into effect on March...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Swap Dealer Banks Win Six Month Phase-In for Variation Margin Requirements for Most Counterparties

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U.S. swap dealer banks received much needed breathing room, but not complete relief from the March 1, 2017 variation margin (VM) deadline for swaps and security-based swaps. On February 23, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board...more

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Singapore Legal Update - January 2017

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MAS Amends the Requirements for Related Party Transactions for Banks - On 21 November 2016, the MAS issued an amended Notice 643 to Banks on Transactions with Related Parties. It will take effect in two years, on 18...more

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Agencies Adopt Final Rule on Swap Margin Requirements

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (“OCC”), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Farm Credit Administration (“FCS”), and the Federal...more

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Mandatory Margin Posting Regulations Coming Soon for Uncleared Swaps

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U.S. bank regulators recently adopted final rules establishing initial and variation margin requirements for uncleared swaps (Final Margin Rules). These rules apply to regulated entities such as banks and subsidiaries of bank...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 41

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC To Hold Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in November - On October 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it will hold its annual Government - Business Forum on Small...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Prudential Regulators Release Final Margin Rules for Swaps

On October 22, 2015, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation held an open meeting at which it voted to adopt: (i) final rules governing margin and capital requirements for uncleared swaps and (ii) an interim final rule to...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Banking Regulators Adopt End-User Exemption for Swap Margin Requirements

New Margin Requirements - The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a final rule to establish margin requirements for swaps that are not cleared through a clearinghouse. This action is...more

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Financial Entity Update: The CFTC’s Proposed Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps – Know Thyself

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To clarify our intended audience, in the Financial Entity Update we will address issues germane to entities that trade swaps but are neither dealers nor commercial end users. This includes a broad and diverse group of...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

EBA Releases Key Information on EU G-SIIs

On July 28, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a chart setting out the key metrics used to identify global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs) in the EU. The chart contains information on the size,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Prudential Regulators and CFTC Re-Propose Margin Requirement Rules for Uncleared Swaps

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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Derivatives in Review - October 2014

Prudential Regulators and CFTC Re-Propose Rules for Uncleared Swap Margin - Both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the prudential regulators re-proposed their April 2011 proposed rules imposing initial and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - October 2014 #4

Senior Fed Officials Encourage Financial Industry Firms to Improve Compliance Culture - Enhancing culture was the theme at a workshop on “Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry” held at the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Regulators Publish Re-proposed Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps

On September 3, 2014, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) jointly adopted, with certain federal banking regulators, re-proposed rules that will require registered swap dealers, security-based swap...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Prudential Regulators and CFTC Re-Propose Margin Requirements for Non-Cleared Swaps

Federal banking regulators (the Prudential Regulators) have re-proposed regulations to require certain dealers and major participants in the swap and security-based swap markets to collect initial and variation margin for...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFTC Proposes Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps

Following bank regulators’ re-proposal of margin requirements for uncleared swaps by bank swap dealers (bank SDs) and bank major swap participants (bank MSPs), the CFTC has re-proposed its own very similar requirements for...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Bank Regulators Propose Relaxed Margin Requirements for Corporate End Users of Uncleared Swaps

Five federal agencies have taken a second stab at a proposed rule to establish margin requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants as...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Global Regulators Adopt Final Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives

On September 2, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) jointly published a document...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - September 13, 2013

In this issue - - Federal Agencies Seek Comment on Joint Proposed Rule Regarding Credit Risk Retention - SEC Grants Request for No-Action Relief with Respect to Multi-Day Pre-Fail and Post-Fail Credit Under Rule...more

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