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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 8

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ISDA Publishes Updated General Disclosure Statement for Transactions

In 2013, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) started publishing the General Disclosure Statement for Transactions document (“General Disclosure”) with annexes containing disclosures of risks that are...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Priorities for Derivatives Markets from ISDA's Annual General Meeting

The first in-person ISDA annual general meeting (“AGM”) after the COVID-19 pandemic is wrapping up today in Madrid, Spain. This conference follows the Futures Industry Association Law and Compliance (“FIA L&C”) annual...more

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Federal Law to the Rescue?

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Snidely Whiplash kidnaps Nell and, in the show’s opening, ties her to the railroad tracks to get even with his nemesis, Dudley Do-Right, of the famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Menacing music plays. In each episode,...more

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Understanding the SEC’s new security-based swap dealer regulations - What should commercial end users, funds, and other financial...

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This client alert addresses three aspects of security-based swap (SBS) regulations recently issued by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) that are relevant to commercial end users, funds, and other financial end users:...more

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LIBOR Transition Comparison: US vs. UK (Focusing on Interdealer Brokers)

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As part of the ongoing transition from the London InterBank Offering Rate (LIBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) as an alternative rate, an...more

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ISDA Publishes Dodd-Frank Security-Based Swap Protocol

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On March 15, 2021, ISDA published the ISDA 2021 Security-Based Swaps (SBS) Top-Up Protocol (the SBS Top-Up Protocol). The SBS Top-Up Protocol enables SBS dealers (SBSDs) and other market participants to comply with certain...more

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The End of LIBOR: The Twilight Zone™ Edition

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced the future cessation and loss of representativeness of worldwide LIBOR rates. Potential Detrimental Developments - Recent Events - On Friday, March 5,...more

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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFTC Issues Brexit-Related No-Action Relief Regarding Margin and Clearing Requirements

The CFTC recently published Brexit-related Letter No. 20-42 (December 4, 2020) in response to a request from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA). In its request, ISDA stated that the expiration of...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on a SEC and CFTC Joint Letter on Disqualification Rules, OCC Final "True...

BROKER-DEALER - SEC and CFTC Chairman Issue Joint Letter Regarding CFTC Orders Implicating Regulations A and D - On October 23, Chairman Jay Clayton of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Chairman Heath P....more

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OCC Finalizes “True Lender” Rule

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In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on New NYSE Direct Listing Rules from the SEC, a CFTC No-Action Letter...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Stays Implementation of New NYSE Direct Listing Rules - As discussed in the August 31, 2020 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, on August 26, the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Continued Changes by FINRA, CFTC and the NFA in Response to COVID-19...

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Proposes Rule Change to Temporarily Amend Certain Timing, Method of Service and Other Procedural Requirements in FINRA Rules - On May 8, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The heat is on - Regulators step up pressure to implement LIBOR transition plans

Regulators are increasing pressure on financial institutions to demonstrate that they are proactively addressing the transition away from LIBOR.  On December 23, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services...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

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Decision Time for the ISDA 2019 Narrowly Tailored Credit Events Protocol

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The Situation: The International Swaps and Derivatives Associations, Inc. ("ISDA") is in the process of amending its credit derivatives documentation to address concerns market participants and regulators have raised...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on FINRA's Stock Fraud Warning to Investors after Hurricane Dorian, New...

BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Warns Investors of Potential Stock Fraud in Wake of Hurricane Dorian - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released an investor alert cautioning investors of potential...more

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ISDA Pre-Cessation Trigger Consultation on LIBOR Renders Inconclusive Verdict

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The Situation: The International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") is in the midst of consulting the market on a wide variety of issues to develop "triggers" and "fallbacks" related to LIBOR cessation. Thus far,...more

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US and UK Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Credit Derivatives Markets

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority have issued a joint statement regarding the use of "opportunistic strategies" in the credit...more

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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Provides Margin Relief for Legacy Swaps

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In response to a request from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued no-action relief that will permit swap...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the Senior Safe Act, Legacy Swaps and the FINRA Code of Arbitration

BROKER-DEALER - SEC Adopts Rules and Interpretations To Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors - On June 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt a package of rules and...more

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Additional CDS Documentation Reforms On the Way

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ISDA proposes "de facto" category of original issue indebtedness as part of its CDS definitional reforms. On May 24, 2019, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association ("ISDA") published another credit default swap...more

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ISDA Proposes Amendments to the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions Relating to Narrowly Tailored Credit Events

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On March 6, 2019, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published proposed amendments to the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions relating to so-called narrowly tailored credit events (NTCEs). ISDA...more

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Be Wary Of Speculative CDS Bets And Manufactured Defaults

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On March 6th, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published for public comment a series of Proposed Amendments to the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivative Definitions Relating to Narrowly Tailored Credits...more

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