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Global regulators vow to address ‘manufactured defaults’
By Joe Rennison
June 24, 2019, Financial Times
Global regulators stepped up their condemnation of intentional defaults by companies aimed at triggering payouts on credit default swaps on Monday, announcing …
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U.S. markets regulators reach deal on Dodd-Frank swaps capital rules
By Michelle Price and Katanga Johnson
June 21, 2019, Reuters
U.S. markets regulators on Friday unveiled an agreement on how much capital and margin firms must hold when trading swaps …
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Industry hails Basel decision to drop punitive clearing charges
By Louisa Chender
June 21, 2019, Global Investor Group
Participants, policy makers and trade bodies are pleased with Basel’s decision to drop the punitive capital charges on cleared derivatives.
On …
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CFTC’s Giancarlo on Fed Policy, Liquidity, Swaps Framework, Blockchain
Christopher Giancarlo, chairman at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discusses the Fed’s signal to markets, concerns about liquidity, the swaps framework, Facebook’s plans for a virtual currency, blockchain and anticipatory …
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CFTC chair complains to European Commission over regulation jibe
By Philip Stafford and Jim Brunsden
June 20, 2019, Financial Times
A top U.S. financial regulator has taken an unusual swipe at his E.U. counterparts in a deepening row over …
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Position limits saga a “constant concern” – Stump
By Louisa Chender
June 12, 2019, Global Investor Group
CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump is not expecting participants to be happy with rules on position limits once the seemingly never-ending saga …
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Could CFTC Bring Back Reg AT?
By Joanna Wright
June 11, 2019, Waters Technology
Market participants and Republican regulators slammed Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT) when it was first proposed in late 2015, and the Commodity …
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CFTC frees amended legacy swaps from margin net
By Helen Bartholomew
June 12, 2019, Risk
The U.S. derivatives regulator has taken steps to ensure legacy swaps are not swept into scope for non-cleared margin rules as a result …
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CFTC commissioner backs non-cleared margin docs relief
By Noah Zuss
June 12, 2019, Risk
Dawn DeBerry Stump, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has urged U.S. regulators to transcribe recent international relief on non-cleared margin …
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A Watchdog Says Hedge Fund Secrets Kept by the CFTC Are Vulnerable to Hacking
By Benjamin Bain and Robert Schmidt
June 11, 2019, Bloomberg
Confidential market information collected from hedge funds and brokers by the main U.S. derivatives regulator is vulnerable to hacking because …
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MiFID II: small U.S. asset managers struggle with research unbundling costs
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Rising costs and lower returns hit U.S. and European fund houses
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MiFID adds 20 minutes to client meetings
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SEC Points Toward Market Solutions in the U.S. to Resolve MIFID II Conflict
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ESMA’s Final Verdict: Europe’s Periodic Auctions Breathe Sigh of Relief
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MiFID II: small U.S. asset managers struggle with research unbundling costs
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Rising costs and lower returns hit U.S. and European fund houses
-
MiFID adds 20 minutes to client meetings
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SEC Points Toward Market Solutions in the U.S. to Resolve MIFID II Conflict
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ESMA’s Final Verdict: Europe’s Periodic Auctions Breathe Sigh of Relief