Connecting the Data Dots: Sapient’s Jim Bennett Talks Compliance Reporting
Pension funds and entities with in-scope intragroup OTC derivative transactions will be able to continue to rely on the temporary exemptions from clearing and/or margining requirements under UK EMIR, following the publication...more
A recap of the key updates to the regime established by Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 4, 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties, and trade repositories (the...more
Legislative reform to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) has now been finalised and the changes are expected to take effect in or around June 2019. The EMIR Refit, as the reform is known, amends the scope of...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a final report on the exemption from the clearing obligation for intragroup transactions with a third country group entity. There are currently three sets of...more
Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Threshold for Exempting Small Loans from Special Appraisal Requirements - On July 22, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office...more
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) continues to develop and strengthen its regulation of derivatives markets, most recently focusing its attention on the formulation and completion of a comprehensive reporting regime....more
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
On February 2, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a set of opinions to exempt 16 UK-based pension schemes from clearing obligations contained in the European Market Infrastructure Regulation...more
Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more