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CFTC drops proposal to extend trade reporting timeline for some swaps

By Karen Brettell
September 17, 2020, Reuters

The U.S. derivatives regulator on Thursday said it was backing away from a controversial proposal to delay the trade reporting of some swaps, …

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A New Pact Will Help Derivatives Markets

By Valdis Dombrovskis and Heath Tarbert
September 16, 2020, The Wall Street Journal

The world’s derivatives markets saw more than $640 trillion in trading activity in the first six months …

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Remote working set to become “standard practice” – CFTC

By Wendy Lisney
September 14, 2020, Global Investor Group

Working from home amid Covid-19 will become standard practice indefinitely for many firms, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has said, …

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Reg AT withdrawal could delay a Biden agenda for the CFTC

By Sharon Thiruchelvam
September 11, 2020, Risk

Lawyers and former staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission say the recent withdrawal of a long-debated regulation covering algorithmic trading is a …

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U.S. Drops Bid for 48-Hour Delay in Big Swap Trade Reporting

By Benjamin Bain
September 10, 2020, Bloomberg

U.S. regulators are backing away from a controversial plan to let banks and fund managers keep secret for two full days their biggest …

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Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change

By Coral Davenport and Jeanna Smialek
September 8, 2020, The New York Times

A report commissioned by federal regulators overseeing the nation’s commodities markets has concluded that climate change threatens …

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CFTC provides additional Libor transition relief to swaps participants

By Annabel Smith
September 1, 2020, The Trade

Swaps dealers have been handed additional relief by the US derivatives watchdog amid the transition from the Libor and other interbank reference …

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Electronic risk rule avoids “hamstringing” industry – FIA

By Wendy Lisney
August 25, 2020, Global Investor Group

US proposals to transform voluntary practices to control electronic trading risks into mandatory principles will avoid “hamstringing” the derivatives industry with …

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After Covid, CCPs face calls for revamped disclosures

By Costas Mourselas
August 24, 2020, Risk

Banks and their clients are pushing for prompter and more detailed disclosures from clearing houses on critical issues such as margin shortfalls, amid …

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