The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published policy statement PS25/24 finalising its revised approach to the ancillary activities test (AAT). The AAT determines when non financial firms trading commodity derivatives...more
On 5 November 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a draft statutory instrument, the Over-the Counter-Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026 (draft SI), together with a policy note, and the UK Financial Conduct...more
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a draft statutory instrument (SI), the Over the Counter Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026, for technical comment, alongside a policy paper. The proposed Regulations aim to...more
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has published a report analysing the credit default swaps (CDS) market, with a particular focus on single-name CDSs in terms of their market structure and current regulatory framework....more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1003 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), supplementing the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) as regards over-the-counter...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Handbook Notice 129 which sets out changes to the classes of derivatives subject to the derivatives trading obligation (DTO), following policy statement PS25/2 published...more
In July 2021, HM Treasury published the Wholesale Markets Review consultation (WMR), which included proposals to reform the U.K.’s secondary markets framework. There was broad support for reforms to (a) modify the ancillary...more
Proposed amendments are intended to reduce regulatory burden by aligning over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data reporting requirements with international standards developed by the Committee on Payments and Market...more
On September 13, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine draft legislation to create a new user fee program and completely revamp the review process...more