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E.U. Trading Obligation Threatens Packaged Trades
By Samuel Wilkes
September 18, 2017, Risk
European Union rules requiring certain derivatives to trade on multilateral platforms could result in market participants being unable to execute packages, thereby increasing …
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E.U. to Make Banks Pay to Centralize Markets Supervision
By Huw Jones
September 14, 2017, Reuters
The European Union wants to centralize market supervision and make banks pay for it, the bloc’s financial services chief said, signaling how it …
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U.S. Derivatives Regulator Warns E.U. Over Clearing Plans
By Philip Stafford
September 12, 2017, Financial Times
The top U.S. derivatives regulator has issued a stark warning to the European Union against changes to the way it oversees foreign …
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Swaps Rules Aimed at Curbing Risk to Go into Effect in U.S.
By Gabriel T. Rubin
August 31, 2017, The Wall Street Journal
New global swap collateral rules will go into effect in the U.S. on Friday, following a six-month pause prompted …
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Industry Pushes CFTC to Prioritize Cross-Border Clarity
By Joanna Wright
August 30, 2017, Risk
New European trading rules due to take effect in January 2018 add urgency to an overhaul of the cross-border aspects of U.S. regulation …
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Final U.S. Position Limits Rule Will Take ‘at Least a Year’
By Joanna Wright
August 25, 2017, Risk
Both newly confirmed commissioners at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have promised to finalize position limits for commodity exposures – but …
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Fed Seeks Comment on Three Proposed Borrowing Benchmarks
By Gabriel T. Rubin and Katy Burne
August 24, 2017, The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Reserve on Thursday requested public comment on three proposed reference rates for firms using …
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Volcker Changes Might Have Little Impact with Basel III Still Around
By Rick Baert
August 21, 2017, Pensions&Investments
Rolling back some elements of the Volcker rule that target fixed-income markets might make headlines, sources said, but liquidity and trading costs won’t …
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Covered Funds Seen as Starting Point for Volcker Rule Reform
By Joanna Wright
August 22, 2017, Risk
U.S. regulatory agencies looking to reform the Volcker Rule may find the definition of covered funds in which banks are forbidden to invest …
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CFTC’s New Chairman Aims to Complete Reforms Set in Place
We need to become a 21st-century regulator for 21st-century digital markets, says J. Christopher Giancarlo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman, discussing the CFTC’s goals and agenda. Also Giancarlo weighs in …
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