The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight granted time-limited no-action relief relating to the application of minimum transfer amounts under uncleared margin requirements.
The European Supervisory Authorities made final revisions to report on bilateral Margin Regulatory Technical Standards requirements in order to align with the Basel Committee and IOSCO international framework.
The House Financial Services Committee considered (i) testimony from federal banking regulators on a broad range of concerns and (ii) several proposed bills imposing additional requirements on financial institutions.
The SEC Division of Trading and Markets issued guidance to "facilitate applications" for certain substituted compliance based on the security-based swap requirements of a non-U.S. jurisdiction.
At a CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee meeting, panelists described challenges that the diversification of energy generation resources pose for the derivatives markets.
U.S. prudential regulators' proposed rule amendments governing margin requirements for uncleared swaps and security-based swaps were published in the Federal Register.
The Federal Reserve Board, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Housing Finance Agency and OCC proposed rule amendments governing margin requirements for uncleared swaps and security-based swaps.
A CFTC proposal amending uncleared swap margin regulations to exempt certain transactions from the European Stability Mechanism was published in the Federal Register.