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Derivatives: The year ahead for U.S. commercial end users, funds, and other financial end users

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With 2020 now behind us, we look forward to the year ahead while noting just one of the many lessons of the past year: the difficulty of prediction. We simplify the task by limiting our focus to five topics in derivatives...more

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Derivative considerations for end-users in times of disruption

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The coronavirus COVID-19 is causing disruption across many business contexts and it would be prudent to do a check of your contractual obligations to determine if there are any consequences of the current disruption. While...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Decoding Derivatives - Q4 2019

Thomas Cook Takeaways - For credit default swap (CDS) protection buyers with protection on Thomas Cook Group Plc,  a U.K. scheme of arrangement paving the way for a £1.6 billion debt-to-equity exchange imposed on all debt...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Final Phases of Initial Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps Expected to Spark Additional Margin Compliance Efforts

On July 19, 2018, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) published a white paper entitled "Initial Margin for Non-Centrally Cleared...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Derivatives: Registration Regime for Dealers and Advisers Gets Momentum

On April 19, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) took a major step toward adopting a comprehensive regime for the regulation of those in the business of trading derivatives or advising on derivatives. The CSA...more

McGuireWoods LLP

ISDA Launches 2016 Variation Margin Protocol to Facilitate Compliance With Margin Rules

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On August 16, 2016, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) published the ISDA 2016 Variation Margin Protocol (VM Protocol). The VM Protocol will help market participants implement the new variation...more

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Second Circuit: Aluminum End Users Lack Antitrust Standing; Price Manipulation Claims Against Traders and Warehouses Foiled

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Last week, in In re Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litigation, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) rejected a claim by certain downstream end-users of aluminum that their price manipulation...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Derivatives Trade Reporting Amendments Impact Dealers and End-Users

On May 12, 2016, securities regulators in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba announced changes to existing derivatives trade reporting requirements that will be of interest to both derivatives dealers and “end-users” of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Derivatives in Review - April 2016

Novo Banco and CDS – A Post-Mortem - The 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions updated the previous set of credit derivatives definitions to, among other things, include a credit event for “Governmental Intervention.”...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC Eliminates End-User Trade Option Reporting Requirements and Addresses Applicability of Position Limits"

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) adopted a final rule effective March 21, 2016, that eliminates the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the CFTC’s existing trade option exemption for...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Derivatives in Review - June 2015

NYDFS Finalizes BitLicense Regulations - On June 3, 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services released its final BitLicense regulations, which it described as "the first comprehensive framework for regulating...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Derivatives End-Users Granted Interim Relief from Trade Reporting Obligations for Inter-Affiliate Transactions

Trade reporting obligations take effect in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba (Applicable Provinces) on June 30, 2015 and will require over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions between “End-Users” to be reported if either or...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

EBA Final Report on Guidelines on Triggers for Use of Early Intervention Measures Under BRRD - On May 8, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final report (EBA/GL/2015/03) on guidelines on triggers for the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFTC’s Massad on End-Users

CFTC Chair Timothy G. Massad delivered a speech on the importance of providing flexibility in the CFTC’s regulations to accommodate hedging by commercial end-users of derivatives. Mr. Massad highlighted the following...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

ISDA Says End User Transactions Dominate Interest Rate Derivative Markets

ISDA believes there is a misperception that only a small fraction of derivatives activity relates to hedging that benefits the “real economy.” ISDA has published an analysis that challenges this assumption. ...more

King & Spalding

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Derivatives Legislation

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The House recently passed four discrete bills that address particular issues with the derivatives provisions of Dodd-Frank, including legislation to ensure there is a clear end-user exemption and legislation to address the...more

Troutman Pepper

Compliance Considerations For Derivatives End-Users: A “How To Guide” to Basic Derivatives and Structured Products

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In This Presentation: - Dodd-Frank Protocol - Clearing - Clearing – End-User Exception - Important: Understand the Product Please see full presentation below for more information. ...more

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