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Clearing conundrum
By Jim Brunsden and Philip Stafford
November 18, 2019, Financial Times
Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn wants a no-deal Brexit, but the E.U. financial sector is still worrying about …
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Industry bodies urge E.U. to extend temporary equivalence of U.K. CCPs
By Hayley McDowell
November 14, 2019, The Trade
Fourteen trade associations have banded together to urge the European Commission to extend the temporary equivalence and recognition of U.K. central counterparties …
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E.U. prepares tweak to MiFID market rules after industry backlash
By Philip Stafford
November 13, 2019, Financial Times
Brussels is preparing to retune some of its MiFID II markets rules from next year, less than three years after implementation, following …
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Dombrovskis: More progress on banking union needed
By Jimmie Franklin
November 13, 2019, International Financial Law Review
Opening a Basel III event at the European Commission on Tuesday, vice president Valdis Dombrovskis outlined the work still needed …
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Brexit’s $78 Trillion Derivatives Spat Needs Fix Now, Banks Say
By Silla Brush
November 12, 2019, Bloomberg
The world’s biggest banks pressed policy makers to pass an urgent Brexit fix to ensure European traders’ access to London derivatives clearinghouses and …
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EMIR v. MiFID II: clearing and trading obligations align
By Alice Tchernookova
November 7, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
When the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) refit was introduced earlier this year, the lack of clarity as to how …
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CFTC’s Tarbert vows to promote ‘integrity, resilience, and vibrancy’ of derivatives markets
By Will Acworth
November 4, 2019, MarketVoice
Heath Tarbert, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said on Oct. 30 that he plans to move forward on several major …
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Double trouble: don’t blur FRTB deadlines, warns ECB
By Samuel Wilkes
October 28, 2019, Risk
Eurozone banks are on the horns of a dilemma. With implementation of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) in sight, the …
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Frandt or foe? FCMs hit back at ESMA buy-side clearing salvo
By Costas Mourselas
October 25, 2019, Risk
Dealers are on the defensive about proposed new regulations that could force futures commission merchants (FCMs) to disclose sensitive commercial terms – constraining …
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E.U. Regulators Answer Industry’s PRIIPs Call
By Adrian Wheelan, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) are a triumvirate of E.U. regulators representing the securities market, insurance, …
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