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 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.
A group of fourteen trade associations urged the European Commission to grant an extension for the temporary equivalence for UK central counterparties until certain regulatory implementations have been made under EMIR 2.2 and until the European Securities and Markets Authority.
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.
