A Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) is an entity or system whereby the credit of the clearing organization is substituted for the credit of the parties to a transaction. The purpose of these entities is... more +
A Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) is an entity or system whereby the credit of the clearing organization is substituted for the credit of the parties to a transaction. The purpose of these entities is to mutualize or transfer credit risk among participants to a transaction. The term derivatives clearing organization was defined under the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is considering making adjustments to the Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations...more
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
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
New Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) swaps clearing rules will force non-financial entities to stop uncleared trading of certain interest-rate swaps (IRS) and index credit default swaps (index CDS) starting on...more
On March 6, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.’s (CME) request to adopt CME Rule 1001. CME Rule 1001 addresses the CME’s obligation, in its capacity as a derivatives...more
Investment managers who use swaps on behalf of their clients (including funds) are reminded that the phase-in for mandatory clearing of certain types of swaps has begun. Investment managers should be analyzing (a) the types...more
On February 11, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an amended order that allows Cantor Clearinghouse, L.P. (Cantor), a registered derivatives clearing organization, to clear...more
New guidance defers to the Dodd-Frank/CFTC framework for regulating the swaps clearing process. On February 7, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an advisory opinion on the application of the ERISA fiduciary rules...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff will host a public roundtable to discuss the CFTC’s proposed rulemaking, “Enhancing Protections Afforded Customers and Customer Funds Held by Futures Commission Merchants and...more
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
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
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
Watch the Restoring Customer Confidence video series: http://jlne.ws/TJeVtG About this solution: There has been much talk about protecting customer funds but keeping them in segregated accounts outside of the brokerage...more
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
Order grants exemptive relief from Exchange Act requirements; parallel CFTC relief expected soon. On December 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting exemptive relief (Exemptive Order)...more
On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") requested public comment on a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ("CME") for approval of Rule 1001 submitted pursuant to...more
On November 28, the CFTC issued final rules requiring certain credit default swaps and interest rate swaps to be cleared by registered derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs)....more
In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments · CFTC Final Rule on Clearing of Credit Default Swaps and Interest Rate Swaps · Fed, Treasury Proposed Amendments to Bank Secrecy Act Definitions...more
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
On November 28, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued final rules that require certain interest rate swaps and credit default index swaps to be cleared. This is the first mandatory clearing...more
On October 23, the CFTC proposed new regulations and amendments to existing regulations to enhance protections for customers and to strengthen safeguards for the holding of money, securities, and other property deposited by...more
In This Issue: - CFTC Proposes Rules For Future Commission Merchants and Derivative Clearing Organizations - CFTC Adjusts the Maximum Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation - CFTC Announces Temporary...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published proposed rules that are designed to increase protections for customers and customer funds held by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that it will hold a public meeting to consider proposed rules that would enhance protections afforded customers and customer funds held by futures commission merchants...more
On August 27, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) unanimously approved final rules (the “Final Rules”) that establish requirements for the (i) documenting of swap trading relationships between swap...more
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