On March 1, 2017, new rules adopted by U.S. Prudential Regulators and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will require registered swap dealers to post and collect daily variation margin for over-the-counter,...more
On August 2, 2016, federal banking regulators (Prudential Regulators) adopted a final rule (PR Margin Exemptions) implementing exemptions from the Prudential Regulators’ impending initial and variation margin requirements for...more
CFTC Approves Final Rule on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants - On December 16, 2015, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved a new regulation for...more
On December 3, 2015, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal Housing...more
Prudential Regulators Approve Final Uncleared Margin Rules - In October, the prudential regulators approved a final version of the September 2014 re-proposed rule generally imposing initial and variation margin...more
BACKGROUND - The five US prudential regulators for swaps (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Farm Credit Administration and the...more
On October 22, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Farm Credit Administration and...more
The US prudential regulators (the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency)...more
Federal banking regulators (Prudential Regulators) have finalized much-anticipated rules (Final Rules) relating to initial and variation margin requirements for certain swaps and security-based swaps that are not centrally...more