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A&O Shearman

Financial Stability Board publishes final report on liquidity preparedness for margin and collateral calls

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The Financial Stability Board has published a final report on liquidity preparedness for margin and collateral calls. The report sets out policy recommendations to enhance the liquidity preparedness of non-bank market...more

Morgan Lewis

UK Commodity Derivatives Regime: FCA Not Enforcing Position Limits as HM Treasury Consults on Changes

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on July 9 that, while changes to the scope of the UK commodity position limits regime are being consulted on, it will not take enforcement action against firms that breach...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Decoding Derivatives – Q1 2021

Europcar Drives CDS Down a Familiar Path - When Europcar defaulted on its debt, buyers of approximately $100 million of credit default swap (CDS) protection expected significant payouts due to the anticipated low recovery on...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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

ISDA Reopens the CDS NTCE Protocol

ISDA has reopened the CDS NTCE Protocol prior to its effective date on Jan. 27, 2020. The Protocol will remain open for adherence until noon on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. ...more

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EU Consultation on Changes to Position Limits for Commodity Derivatives

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Following its Call for Evidence issued in May this year, the European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a consultation on proposed revisions to the legal framework for position limits and position management in...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

U.S. Regulator Suggests Easing Post-Crisis Derivatives Rules

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In another sign of progress, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed easing a rule that requires banks to put cash aside to safeguard derivatives trades among affiliates. The proposal would remove the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

LIBOR Replacement Begins Publication

On April 3, the New York Federal Reserve Bank began publishing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), a daily, broad Treasury repo financing rate that the bank’s Alternative Reference Rate Committee (ARRC) recommended...more

Vedder Price

Investment Services Regulatory Update - November 2017

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues No-Action Letters to Facilitate Cross-Border Compliance with the Research “Unbundling” Provisions of the European...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Big Picture: EU's Financial Regulation Offensive

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the national and international response by legislators and regulators has been to substantially overhaul and increase financial regulation applicable to banks and other financial...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update - April 2016

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Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Report: Private Fund Assets Grew by 25 Percent over Past Two Years; Private Fund Leverage Revealed

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The SEC’s “Private Funds Statistics” report, published October 16, 2016, reveals that the number of private funds and private fund assets has grown significantly over the past two years. The data show that private funds, as a...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

European Commission Launches Review of EMIR

On May 21, the European Commission (EC) issued a consultation paper (CP) as part of its review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). Article 85(1) of EMIR requires the EC to prepare a report by August 17 on...more

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