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UK Finance Regulators Seek ‘Ambitious’ Access to US Markets
By Silla Brush
April 13, 2021, Bloomberg
Britain’s financial markets watchdog is looking to upgrade its relationship with the US and give UK firms permanent access to American securities and …
US Put Off Derivatives Rules for a Decade Before Archegos Blew Up
By Joe Rennison, Eric Platt, Colby Smith, and Philip Stafford
April 12, 2021, Financial Times
Rules written in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to limit the potential for …
US Takes Post-Brexit Action on Swap Rules
By Wendy Lisney
April 9, 2021, Global Investor Group
The US derivatives regulator has taken further steps to relax cross-border rules for swap dealers as part of a series of …
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Position Limits Revision Could Create ‘Thorny Area’ – FundApps
By Wendy Lisney
March 31, 2021, Global Investor Group
The lifting of position limits by European markets regulator ESMA reflects a similar policy in the US as regulators seek to …
US CFTC Official Advises Stricter Oversight of Funds Managing Family Wealth
By Chris Prentice
April 1, 2021, Reuters
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the top US swaps regulator, should reverse its loosening of oversight of family offices, a Democratic commissioner …
Yellen Signals Scrutinizing Hedge Funds a Renewed FSOC Focus
By Daniel Avis and Robert Schmidt
March 31, 2021, Bloomberg
President Joe Biden’s council of financial regulators signaled a sharpened focus on hedge funds and whether their trading poses dangers …
US Calls for Deference on Post-Brexit Equivalence
By Wendy Lisney
March 18, 2021, Global Investor Group
The principle of deference in derivatives markets could be critical in resolving the post-Brexit question of equivalence between the European Union …
US Takes Steps on Security-Based Swaps Oversight
By Wendy Lisney
March 15, 2021, Global Investor Group
US derivatives trade body ISDA is working with data and analytics giant IHS Markit to make a new security-based swaps (SBS) …
Utility Is Success? Row Brews Over Futures Post-Trade Workflows
By Luke Clancy
March 9, 2021, Risk
“Utility is success,” Thomas Edison once claimed, arguing he wasn’t motivated to invent things that didn’t sell well: if no-one used them, what …
CFTC Urged to Take Lead on CCP Margin Models
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
February 26, 2021, Risk
US market participants have urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to provide leadership on the design and governance of margin models for clearing …
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MiFID II Review to Look at Systematic Internalizers
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Blast From the Past: EU Tells Traders Working From Home: Take Notes if You Can’t Record Calls
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Blast From the Past: EU Watchdog to Nudge Bond Trades Closer to Real-Time Transparency
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Blast From the Past: Traders Across Europe Face Up to the Cost of Failure
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Blast From the Past: Passive Investing Boom Reaches Europe as Assets Hit $1 Trillion
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MiFID II Review to Look at Systematic Internalizers
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Blast From the Past: EU Tells Traders Working From Home: Take Notes if You Can’t Record Calls
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Blast From the Past: EU Watchdog to Nudge Bond Trades Closer to Real-Time Transparency
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Blast From the Past: Traders Across Europe Face Up to the Cost of Failure
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Blast From the Past: Passive Investing Boom Reaches Europe as Assets Hit $1 Trillion