Five federal agencies ("the Agencies") published interim and final rules on margin and capital requirements for registered swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC"), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("FRB"), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), the Farm Credit Administration ("FCA") and the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA") published the rules in the Federal Register. The final rule implements Dodd-Frank Sections 731 ("Registration
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Senior officials from the Bank of England, the FDIC, the CFTC, the SEC and the Federal Reserve Board reviewed joint progress on central counterparty resolution issues and on the development of detailed operational planning to support prototype resolution strategies for UK and U.S. CCPs.
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee considered proposed legislation in response to the GameStop and Archegos trading events.
The SEC and the New York Attorney General’s office penalized a broker-dealer for a combined amount of $37 million for misleading clients about the performance of an order router that primarily routes equity orders to dark pools. The firm paid an additional $3.5 million to FINRA in a related settlement.
At a conference held in New York, senior regulators discussed developments in data reporting, clearing and settlement, and the ongoing evolution of Treasury Market structure and liquidity.