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EMIR Alert: Margin Clarity Ahead

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Earlier this month, the ESAs published a final report on proposed updates to the existing EMIR margin rules (the “Margin RTS Updates”). Although not yet final, the absence of a public consultation and fast approaching...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

SEC OCIE Examinations Announces 2018 Examination Priorities - On February 7, the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations ("OCIE") announced its 2018 examination...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

CFTC Comparability Determination on EU Margin Requirements and a Common Approach on Trading Venues - On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") announced determinations by the CFTC and the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC and European Commission Make Progress on Cross-Border Agreements

On October 13, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced two cross-border developments with the European Commission (EC) that take significant steps toward reconciling regulation of cross-border...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

SEC Approves Rules to Ease Investor Access to Exhibits in Company Filings - On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt rule and form amendments that will require issuers to include a...more

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ESAs and IOSCO Publish Statements on Variation of Margin Exchange under EMIR

On February 23, 2017, the Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs“) published a statement on variation margin exchange under the EMIR regulatory technical standards (“RTS“) on risk mitigation techniques for...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission Publishes Correcting Amendment to Regulatory Technical Standards on Margin Requirements for Uncleared...

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The European Commission published a draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending the Regulatory Technical Standards on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives. The amending RTS relate to the phase-in of the variation...more

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European Commission Addendum to Draft RTS on Margin Requirements for Uncleared OTC Derivatives under EMIR

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On August 2, 2016, the European Commission published an addendum to the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on margin requirements for uncleared OTC derivatives under Article 11(15) of the European Market...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Final European Standards for Derivatives Collateralisation

On 8 March 2016, the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published their final draft regulatory technical standards in relation to the collateralisation of non-centrally cleared derivatives. The standards are to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Federal Reserve, OCC, FCA, FHFA and FDIC Adopt Joint Final Rule on Swap Margin Requirements - On October 22, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC"), the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board"), the Farm...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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

ICMA Issues Updated Legal Opinions On GMRA - On April 9, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) published the 2015 legal opinions on the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA), the principal standard...more

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Delegated Regulation on RTS for Specification of Margin Periods of Risk Published in Official Journal

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On April 16, 2015, the Commission Delegated Regulation (Regulation 2015/585) on regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the margin periods of risk ...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

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