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July 6, 2022 - Editor
Data Mistakes Cost Dearly Says the CFTC
Data Mistakes Cost Dearly with a $6m fine for BNP Paribas and $850k for JP Morgan.
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August 7, 2018 - Editor
FCA Survey Reveals 10 Times Increase in Firms Affected by IM
The reduction of the IM threshold from €750bn to €8bn will result in a jump of ten times the number of firms in scope.
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August 6, 2018 - Editor
FX Global Code: do you know what you’re signing up to?
Although the FX Global Code isn’t mandatory, many firms have already signed up. Increasingly it’s looking like becoming the industry norm. In the UK, the
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February 13, 2018 - Editor
The OTC Derivatives Market Size is about to shrink via a CFTC proposal
We all know using notionals to measure the size of the OTC market leads to crazy headlines, so the CFTC has a cunning plan for
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November 29, 2017 - Editor
Margin on Physically Settled FX Forwards | Update from the EBA
An update from the ESAs on their intention to amend the European rules for margin on FX
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November 20, 2017 - Editor
EMIR review: a quick fix or a structural improvement?
On 4 May 2017, the European Commission published its legislative proposal for the long-awaited review of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and
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July 19, 2017 - Editor
The CFTC Roadmap and Christmas 2019
On Monday the 10th of July the CFTC published this roadmap that gives a view of the trail leading to Christmas 2019. It might only
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February 14, 2017 - Editor
The CFTC Grants a No-action Letter Giving 6 Months to Comply with Uncleared Margin Rules
Six months to comply for US regulated firms
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September 16, 2016 - Editor
Arbitrage and the Leverage Ratio
Ever since the dramatic banking collapse in 2008 Regulators and Central Banks have been pre-occupied with finding the magic bullet that prevents another systematic financial
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September 5, 2016 - Editor
The European Uncleared Margin Rules (May) Not Be Ready Until Late April or Worse
The European regulatory process is a flowchart with many options and possible loops, the arrival of the regulations for uncleared OTC business. Follow this timeline