The risk management frameworks, systems and margin models of Central Counterparties (CCPs) across the globe have been tested by huge swings in market volatility over recent months during the current pandemic. Their models and...more
On April 8, 2020, the Alternative Reference Rate Committee (“ARRC”) agreed to align itself with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”), in recommending to the market a “spread adjustment”...more
With over $370 trillion of global financial contracts referencing LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate), many oil and gas companies are curious about how the phase-out of LIBOR by 2021 could impact their organization. Many...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is proposing a significant, new reporting burden on swaps reporting parties and on swaps data repositories (SDRs). The proposal would impose new requirements on SDRs to verify...more
With the date for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union rapidly approaching, several recent developments concerning derivatives (both legal and political) are likely to be of interest to UK and EU27 counterparties....more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
A Commission Implementing Decision declaring equivalence of the US legal, supervisory and enforcement arrangements for risk mitigation techniques and exchange of collateral has been published in the Official Journal of the...more
This alert examines the draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation 648/2012 aka « EMIR Regulation » and Communication from the Commission to the EU Parliament and Council as well as to the European Central Bank. ...more
An amending Commission Delegated Regulation extending the deadline for compliance with clearing obligations for certain counterparties dealing with OTC derivatives has been published in the Official Journal of the European...more
Financial Industry Developments - Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat - On Monday, January 31, 2017, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to...more
Ten decisions on the equivalence of third country regulatory regimes under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation were published in the Official Journal of the European Union. ...more
Despite the consensus reached over six years ago among G-20 regulators on general principles for derivatives regulation, implementation of those principles in cross-border contexts has not always been smooth. ...more
On August 25, the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), in cooperation with the European Commission (EC), provided its contribution to the EC in connection with the EC’s obligation to provide an assessment of the need for...more
On August 13, 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published four reports on how the EMIR (the Regulation on over the counter derivative transactions, central counterparties and trade...more
On August 6, the European Commission (EC) adopted new rules in the form of a delegated regulation (Delegated Regulation) requiring the mandatory clearing of certain over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives contracts...more