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Operational resilience in the UK, EU and US: A comparison

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With a new operational resilience framework in force in the UK and similar reforms proposed in the EU and the US, we examine how the regimes compare and their practical impact on financial services firms....more

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Opportunities, Risks, and Compliance in the Digital Assets Space

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On 14 September 2022, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on considerations in the digital assets space. K2 Integrity Board Member Christopher Brummer and AML/CFT experts Mariano Federici and Alex Levitov discussed the current...more

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Checklist of key legal issues for derivatives counterparties amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted many derivatives transactions. This note sets out a checklist of key legal issues market participants may need to consider in relation to OTC derivatives contracts....more

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COVID-19: Measures taken by financial supervisory authorities in certain jurisdictions - as at 15 May 2020

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The current situation is fast-moving in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many financial supervisory and regulatory authorities as well as local governments have issued measures which are relevant for financial institutions and...more

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CFTC Delays Phase 5 Initial Margin Implementation Date

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved an interim final rule extending the Phase 5 initial margin compliance deadline for uncleared swaps by one year....more

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Collateral issues for derivatives counterparties amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has led to huge disruption in financial markets and larger collateral swings.  This note sets out some issues market participants may need to consider in relation to collateral under OTC...more

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COVID-19: Measures taken by financial supervisory authorities in certain jurisdictions - as at 17 April 2020

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The current situation is fast-moving in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many financial supervisory and regulatory authorities as well as local governments have issued measures which are relevant for financial institutions...more

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Basel Committee And IOSCO Suggest Delay In Final Implementation Phases Of Margin Requirements For Non-Centrally Cleared...

On 3 April 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) announced that, due to the impact on the global financial system of the rapid spread of...more

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Global Standard Setters Extend Deadlines for Uncleared Margin Requirements

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To help address market participants in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have provided a one-year extension...more

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Coronavirus - Deferral of Phases 5 and 6 of initial margin requirements for uncleared OTC derivatives recommended by BCBS and...

On April 3, 2020, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a statement recommending an extension to Phases 5 and 6 of the initial margin...more

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Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives Delayed for Certain Counterparties

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The target date at international level for regulators to introduce margin requirements for uncleared derivatives for counterparties with lower trading volumes has been extended for a year by the International Organization of...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the Latest CFTC Proposals for Swap Margins, Non-US Clearing...

BROKER-DEALER - CBOE Proposes Amendments to Rule 6.49A Concerning Off-Floor Position Transfers Including RWA Transfers - CBOE Exchange, Inc. (CBOE) recently filed a proposal to amend its Rule 6.49A to amend provisions...more

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Financial Regulatory Observer – June 2019: Crypto-assets market: Regulators keeping a watchful eye

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The impact of crypto-assets on the global financial system continues to be a subject of debate for regulatory and supervisory authorities....more

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International Bodies Issue Statement on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published a joint statement on the final implementation of the margin requirements for derivatives not cleared...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Uncleared Swap Margin Rule, PACE Financing, Hart-Scott-Rodino and...

BROKER-DEALER - SEC Chairman Clayton and Trading and Markets Director Redfearn Call for a Reassessment of Regulation NMS - On March 8, US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton and director, Division...more

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BCBS Publishes Report on Outcome of February 2019 Meeting

From the February 27 to 28 meeting, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has published this press release with the outcome. At the meeting the Committee: Agreed to publish high-level supervisory...more

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Financial Stability Board Publishes Cyber Lexicon

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The Financial Stability Board has published the final Cyber Lexicon of terms related to cyber security and cyber resilience. The Lexicon is intended to assist the FSB, other international standard setting bodies (such as the...more

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Global Bodies Consult on Incentives to Centrally Clear OTC Derivatives

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A consultation paper on incentives to centrally clear OTC derivatives has been jointly published by the Financial Stability Board, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the Basel Committee on Banking...more

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Financial Stability Board Reports on the Work of International Bodies on Crypto-Assets

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The Financial Stability Board has issued a report to the G20 providing an overview of its current work on crypto-assets and that of the international standard setters, namely the Committee on Payments and Market...more

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International Bodies Publish Identification Criteria and Capital Treatment for Simple, Transparent and Comparable Short-Term...

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published an updated version of the sound practices document, "Criteria for identifying simple, transparent and...more

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The Basel Committee and IOSCO Issue Criteria to Identify “Simple, Transparent and Comparable” Short-Term Securitisations

On 14 May 2018, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) issued criteria for identifying “simple, transparent and...more

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International Standard Setters Publish Framework for Supervisory Stress Testing of Multiple CCPs

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The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions have published a Framework for the supervisory stress testing of CCPs, following a joint consultation launched...more

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The Deadline for Compliance With the U.S. Variation Margin Rules Is Approaching! Are You Ready?

The requirement that non-cleared swaps be fully margined, which is one of the last pillars of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), will take effect for “financial end-users”...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Thinking at the Margin: Canadian Provincial Regulators Issue Margin Proposals for Non-Cleared Derivatives

A parallel set of margin requirements is being proposed by the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) Derivatives Committee (Consultation Paper 95-401 – Margin and Collateral Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared...more

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Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee Issue Consultation Paper on Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared...

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On July 7, 2016, the Canadian Securities Administrators Derivatives Committee (the “Committee”) published CSA Consultation Paper 95-401 entitled “Margin and Collateral Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives” (the...more

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