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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC Proposes Rules to Count Cross-Border Swaps for Swap-Dealer Thresholds and Other Requirements"

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The CFTC’s newly proposed rules on cross-border transactions address which swap activities affect swap-dealer thresholds and trigger transaction-level swap requirements. These are the latest in a series of CFTC rulemakings,...more

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Key Differences Between CFTC and SEC Final Business Conduct Standards and Related Cross-Border Requirements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted final business conduct rules for security-based swap dealers (SBSDs) and major security-based swap participants (MSBSPs) under Section 15F(h) of the Securities...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Proposes Rule on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps in Cross-Border Transactions

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On June 29, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a rule that is intended to clarify the extent to which covered swap entities must comply with CFTC’s margin rules for uncleared swaps in cross-border transactions....more

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SEC’s Proposed SBS Rules on Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Activities

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When the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules in June 2014 on the cross-border activities of security-based swap (SBS) dealers and major SBS participants, the SEC indicated that it would reserve the...more

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CFTC Issues Final Guidance and Accompanying Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swap Regulations

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At a public meeting on July 12, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) adopted final guidance on how Dodd-Frank Act requirements will apply to cross-border swap activities (Guidance). In...more

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CFTC Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding Certain Cross-Border Transactions

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On July 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted interpretive guidance and a policy statement regarding the cross-border application of the swap provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more

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"CFTC Issues Final Exemptive Order on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swap Regulations"

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Swaps trade in a global market. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to impose a panoply of regulation on the swaps market mostly through regulations adopted by the Commodity Futures...more

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