It amuses me that the CFTC Commissioners publicly criticize their own organisation, on their own website. Sort of like kicking yourself up the backside shouting

A consolidated view of the regulatory timelines for uncleared margin regulations

In keeping with my passion and theme of 'Chaos to Clarity', I want to decode CFTC's Straight Through Processing (STP) 10 minutes rule which has

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

In a nod to delays in registration of Swaps Data Repositories (SDRs), the SEC has granted a temporary exemption from the core SDR Rules 13n-1

BGC Partners and Capitalabs announced they removed €800 billion notional in the Fourth Quarter of 2015. Compressions achieve savings in capital costs, initial margin, gross notional value of

In response to the financial crisis that began in 2008, the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) nations agreed to a series of measures

As I have said in past articles, and since every swaps market participant and every swaps market regulator recognizes that transaction reporting has been something

The recent publication by the Volcker Alliance of a series of papers on reforming the financial regulatory structure makes interesting reading. You may or may

Dear All, As I was a bit lost regarding the starting date of the IRS Clearing obligation in Europe, I sent a mail to ESMA