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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
Hogan Lovells

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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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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ISDA Swap Primer: Recent Developments and Considerations

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Swap contracts, famously described as the financial equivalent of “weapons of mass destruction,” have continued to evolve since their heyday leading up to the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Most swaps use the standardized...more

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Documentation changes may be required for commercial end users, funds, and other financial end users

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The new year is here and with it two important developments in the derivatives markets for nonswap dealer clients to consider. The first development is the market response to the looming discontinuation of U.S. dollar LIBOR...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - February 2019 #3

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The US Department of Justice vehemently opposed the request for a new trial by the first person charged, convicted and sentenced under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition against...more

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U.S. Resolution Stay Regulations – Final Rules and ISDA Protocol

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As regulators in Europe and elsewhere have done, U.S. banking regulators have introduced new regulations designed to facilitate the resolution of a global systemically important bank (GSIB)....more

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Derivatives In Review - August 2018

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On July 12, ISDA initiated a market-wide consultation on technical issues related to new benchmark fallbacks for derivatives referencing certain interbank offered rates, or IBORs, in response to the expected discontinuance of...more

K&L Gates LLP

By Indirections Find Directions Out: Credit Default Swaps and the Hovnanian Exchange Offer

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The recently completed exchange offer for K. Hovnanian Enterprises’ 8% 2019 senior notes has roiled the world of credit default swaps (“CDS”); some observers have gone so far as to call it an existential problem for CDS. At...more

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Documentation for the New Swap Margin Rules and Thoughts for the Buy Side and End Users

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Because of the implementation of new regulatory requirements relating to both variation and initial margin for swaps, swap documentation for many market participants is about to become much more complicated....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

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

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Historic Risk Management Rules and Practices Go Live on March 1, 2017 in Leading Markets

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For the first time in the history of derivatives, regulators in leading markets will require assets to collateralize many derivatives which are not settled in a regulated clearinghouse. It is not possible to overstate...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Federal Reserve’s Proposed Rules for Financial Contracts of Global Systemically Important Banking Organizations and ISDA’s...

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Last month the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued proposed new rules (the “Proposed Rules”) intended to reduce the potential risks posed to the U.S. financial system by too-big-to-fail...more

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Derivatives in Review - April 2016

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - July 2015 #4

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FC Stone Companies and Goldman Sachs Receive Largest Fines in CME Group’s 27 Disciplinary Actions Cascade: CME Group handed down sanctions in 27 separate disciplinary actions last week for alleged violations of rules...more

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TOO BIG TO FAIL 2: EMIR: "Too Big To Fail", Again?

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This alert focuses on the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (or "EMIR" as it is better known) which was introduced as the equivalent of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, to address a wide range of issues, many of which were...more

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"Lawmakers and Regulators Continue Focus on Strategies for Resolving SIFIs"

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 contains two sets of provisions for managing the insolvency of financial institutions. First, the legislation creates an Orderly Liquidation Authority...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The New 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions

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The revision of the 2003 International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Credit Derivatives Definitions is likely the biggest overhaul of the definitions in more than a decade. The new 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives...more

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Orrick's Derivatives in Review - July 2014

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Extension of Certain Dodd-Frank No-Action Relief - The CFTC recently established a phased compliance timeline for the implementation of the execution requirement currently applicable to certain interest rate swaps and...more

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Orrick's Derivatives in Review - March 2014

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Publication of 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions - On February 21, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. announced the publication of the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, which...more

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Update: An End-User’s Guide to the CFTC’s Final Cross-Border Guidance

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There were a number of new developments with respect to the cross-border application of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) requirements for swaps in the latter part of 2013. This...more

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Trade Associations File Lawsuit Over CFTC’s Cross-Border Guidance

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The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. and the Institute of International Bankers (collectively, Trade Associations) filed a complaint challenging...more

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Who Are The Swap Dealers?

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We recently passed the first rolling 12-month period for determining which entities will surpass the CFTC’s de minimis swap dealing levels and thus be “swap dealers” under the Dodd-Frank Act. So, who are they?...more

Morgan Lewis

Obligations Under European Market Infrastructure Regulation Imminent

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With certain EMIR provisions set to go live in September, both EU counterparties and many non-EU counterparties must take action to comply with risk management requirements, which involve some overlap with Dodd-Frank....more

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CFTC Extends Deadline to Comply with Certain Trading Documentation Requirements Under Dodd-Frank for Corporate End-Users of...

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In late June 2013, the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a no-action letter extending the period for certain corporate end-users of foreign exchange (FX) derivative transactions to comply with the trading...more

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Swap Users Take Note: March 2013 DF Protocol Deadline is July 1, 2013

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Investment advisers with clients (including funds or separate accounts) that use swaps are reminded to have such clients sign up to the ISDA March 2013 DF Protocol (the “March DF Protocol”) by July 1, 2013....more

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