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 CFTC created two subcommittees under the Market Risk Advisory Committee: the (i) Central Counterparty Risk and Governance Subcommittee and (ii) the Market Structure Subcommittee.
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.
In a reorganization, FinCEN formed the Strategic Operations Division to direct FinCEN’s operational information sharing and engagement with domestic and international stakeholders.
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.
