Podcast: CFTC Issues LIBOR Transition Relief for Swaps
Slick Transition: ICE Clear Europe’s Paul Swann Talks NYSE Integration
Open for Business: SEF Competition Heating Up in the New Market Structure
Open for Business: SEFs Navigate the New Regulatory Environment
CFTC’s Scott O’Malia Calls for a Plan of Action on Swap Data
Cross-Border Regulation of Swaps Update from ISDA's Robert Pickel (Part 1)
An Update on SEF, IDB and Swap Regulation from Chris Ferreri of ICAP
Jill Sommers Reflects on the CFTC, Dodd-Frank, and Her Future
CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs
With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more
On October 22, 2015, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation held an open meeting at which it voted to adopt: (i) final rules governing margin and capital requirements for uncleared swaps and (ii) an interim final rule to...more
Broker-Dealer and Two Senior Officers Fined US $2.5 Million for Market Access Violations - Wedbush Securities Inc. and two senior officers resolved an enforcement action previously filed against them during June 2014...more
On September 3, 2014, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) jointly adopted, with certain federal banking regulators, re-proposed rules that will require registered swap dealers, security-based swap...more
CFTC Proposes Margin Rules for Uncleared Swaps and Approves Special Treatment for Operations-Related Swaps With Certain Government-Owned Natural Gas and Electric Utilities - A few weeks after the Federal Reserve Bank...more
ESMA Publishes Guidelines on the EU Implementation of CPSS-IOSCO Principles - On September 4, ESMA published the translation of guidelines and recommendations on implementing the principles for financial market...more
In this issue: - International Regulators Publish “Near-Final” Draft of Uncleared Swap Margin Rules - CFTC and IOSCO to Host Roundtable on IOSCO Financial Benchmarks Report - SDNY Favors the SEC in Foreign...more