SEC Issues Final Rule on Swaps Market Conduct
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday adopted by 2-1 vote final rules regarding the external business conduct standards applicable to ...
Tag: Swaps
ABA Wins Swaps Clearing Relief for Community Bank Holding Companies
At the request of ABA’s Center for Bank Derivatives Policy, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday released a no-action ...
CFTC Finalizes Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today approved a final rule requiring swap dealers and major swap participants to exchange initial ...
Study: Swaps, CEO Pay, HMDA Rules Costliest Financial Regs of 2015
New regulations finalized in 2015 will cost the financial services industry $9.4 billion and consume 14 million hours of paperwork, ...
CFTC Issues Preliminary Report on ‘De Minimis’ Swap Dealer Threshold
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today released a preliminary report on the “de minimis” exception for swap dealers to register ...
Margin, Capital Requirements for Uncleared Swaps Finalized; Small Banks Exempt
The FDIC, OCC and Farm Credit Administration today approved a final rule that requires prudentially-regulated swap dealers and participants to ...
CFTC Proposes Rule for Margin on Cross-Border Uncleared Swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a proposal on when margin requirements would apply to uncleared swap transactions in ...
ABA Launches Center for Bank Derivatives Policy
ABA this week launched its new Center for Bank Derivatives Policy, which brings together resources for banks focused on the ...
House Passes Derivatives Clearing Relief for Small Banks
The full House yesterday passed a spending bill that includes a provision granting an exemption from derivatives clearing requirements for ...
House Panel Passes Derivatives Clearing Relief for Small Banks
The House Agriculture Committee yesterday passed a reauthorization bill for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ABA successfully advocated for the ...
