Agencies Facilitate Transfers of Legacy Swaps Under ‘Hard Brexit’
With uncertainty rising around the United Kingdom’s pending withdrawal from the European Union, five federal regulatory agencies today issued an ...
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CFTC to Move Ahead with Cross-Border Proposal
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Chris Giancarlo signaled today that the CFTC will soon advance a new cross-border derivatives proposal ...
CFTC’s Giancarlo Warns on ‘Zombie Libor,’ Emphasizes Need for Benchmark Transition
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working to “troubleshoot” issues in transitioning CFTC-regulated derivatives contracts from the London Interbank Offered ...
CFTC Permanently Sets Swap Dealer De Minimis Threshold at $8B
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted today to maintain the swap dealer de minimis threshold at $8 billion on a ...
CFTC White Paper Calls for Overhaul of Cross-Border Swaps Regulatory Framework
In a white paper published today, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Christopher Giancarlo called for changes to the CFTC’s regulatory ...
Agencies Finalize Rule Harmonizing Swap Margin, QFC Requirements
To facilitate compliance with their rules regarding qualified financial contracts of systemically important banks, the federal banking agencies today finalized ...
CFTC Formalizes Swap Clearing Relief for BHCs, S&LHCs
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today proposed a rule that would exempt from clearing requirements certain swaps entered into by ...
