ISDA issued a set of legal guidelines for smart derivatives contracts intended to aid the development of collateral management technology.
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The Basel Committee agreed to advance several ongoing policy and supervisory initiatives concerning, among other things, FinTech developments and excluding initial margin from the leverage ratio.
In advance of the release of a new framework for swaps reform, CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo declared that the CFTC would return to its "historic character" as a "principles-based regulator."
In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo stated that he will extend the current swap dealer de minimis threshold through at least the end of 2019.
CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo set forth his regulatory priorities for the Commission. Outgoing CFTC Chair Timothy Massad listed regulatory accomplishments during his tenure and urged future regulators not to "dismantle the framework."