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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 …

Total Return Swaps at Electronification ‘Frontier’ – Tradeweb
By Wendy Lisney
April 9, 2021, Global Investor Group
The total return swap market is ripe for electronification as the credit derivatives contracts can be traded on a wide spectrum …

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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Blast From the Past: EU Watchdog to Nudge Bond Trades Closer to Real-Time Transparency
By Huw Jones
March 10, 2020, Reuters
The European Union’s markets watchdog has proposed making it harder for traders to obtain “waivers” from transparency rules for bonds.
The bloc’s MiFID …
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US Marks ‘Critical Step’ on Tough Legacy Libor
By Oliver Wade
April 8, 2021, Global Investor Group
The US Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) is marking a “critical step” in the transition from Libor to the …

Forget Equivalence, the City of London Needs a Post-Brexit Plan
By Helen Thomas
March 6, 2021, Financial Times
The latest “deal” between the UK and the EU was meant to clear a path to a new way of operating for …

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 …

EU’s Dilemma Deepens Over Post-Brexit Swaps Clearing
By Christopher Whittall
April 3, 2021, IFR
The European Union will struggle to force a large-scale migration of euro swaps clearing onto its shores without causing serious harm to its …

Archegos Blowup Puts Spotlight on Gaps in Swap Regulation
By Alexander Osipovich and David Benoit
April 1, 2021, The Wall Street Journal
The blowup of Archegos Capital Management is spurring calls for tougher regulation of the shadowy swap trades …