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September 5, 2016 - Editor

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

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April 25, 2016 - Editor

Finally, the EU Commission has published the delegated regulation on organizational requirements, including thresholds for systematic internalisation (SI), inter alia. If your point of reference is ESMA’s

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October 6, 2014 - Editor

Craig Pirrong covers reasons why there is a standoff between the EU Commission and the US CFTC over granting the US 'equivalence' on rules resulting

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October 6, 2014 - Editor

Craig Pirrong covers reasons why there is a standoff between the EU Commission and the US CFTC over granting the US 'equivalence' on rules resulting

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June 6, 2014 - Editor

How would clearing members react to losing capital relief on cleared trades?

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March 26, 2014 - Editor

European Regulation The Clock Starts Ticking Towards European Mandatory Clearing | OMX Authorised If you haven't already heard, Nasdaq OMX announced they are the first

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March 10, 2014 - Editor

ESMA Confirms Scale of Work for MiFID II and EMIR Reporting In a speech, Verena Ross, Executive Director, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), spoke

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March 6, 2014 - Editor

US Regulation US Banks Fear Competitive Impact of Higher Leverage Ratio US regulators have pledged to adopt the new Basel leverage ratio, but with higher

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February 25, 2014 - Editor

Goldman's research group suggests that market excitement is overblown about MIFID II allowing participants to select their choice of CCP rather than the one currently

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February 17, 2014 - Editor

I was going through some articles these days to get the Market's heartbeat and find out more about the first day of Reporting when I