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Swaps Users Face Potential Margin Bill for Libor Transition
By Chris Davis
July 19, 2017, Risk
Amending existing Libor-linked derivatives contracts to reference a different benchmark could bring the trades into scope for the new non-cleared margin rules and …
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Draft Rules Cast Doubt Over Eurozone Securitization Reforms
By Thomas Hale
July 19, 2017, Financial Times
The future securitization of non-performing loans has been thrown into doubt by the small print of a new European law, raising concerns …
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Big HFT Warns Against Late Change to E.U. Trading Rules
By Samuel Agini
July 19, 2017, Financial News
One of the world’s best-known high frequency trading firms has told European authorities it is too late to start making changes to …
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Why Banco Popular’s Credit Default Swaps Are Getting Messy
By Robert Smith
July 18, 2017, Financial Times
When E.U. authorities wiped out some of Banco Popular’s bonds last month, it looked as if credit default swaps might finally compensate …
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Nasdaq Says SIs Have Unfair Advantages
By John Bakie
July 19, 2017, The Trade
Nasdaq has urged the European Commission to re-examine systematic internalizer (SI) rules in MiFID II, saying they will have a significant advantage …
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Exchange Trade Body Urges Global Response to DLT
By Jack Ball
July 18, 2017, Global Investor Group
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has called on international regulators to coordinate their work on distributed ledger technology and stressed …
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Energy Firms Expect to Escape MiFID II Without Cutting Books
By Stella Farrington
July 18, 2017, Risk
Following the publication of data on the size of European Union commodity derivatives markets on July 7, the majority of energy firms now …
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MiFID II Cost Disclosures Pose Risk to Liquidity, Warn Banks
By Chris Davis
July 18, 2017, Risk
Dealers have warned that Europe’s incoming cost disclosure requirements for over-the-counter derivatives trades will significantly increase trade latency and impact market liquidity for …
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FCA Chief Stresses Need for Post-Brexit Transition
By Lucy McNulty
July 18, 2017, Financial News
The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has reiterated his calls for a transitional Brexit deal, adding his voice once again …
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Easing the Rules? What you Need to Know About the Future of EMIR
By Bijal Shah, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
We examine the European Commission’s proposed reforms to EMIR and what asset managers can expect.
Four …
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