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.

A CFTC proposal to extend the implementation date of initial margin requirements for 2020 and 2021 was published in the Federal Register.

A CFTC proposal amending uncleared swap margin regulations to exempt certain transactions from the European Stability Mechanism was published in the Federal Register.

The CFTC voted to propose amending its uncleared swap margin regulations to (i) extend the implementation date of initial margin requirements, and (ii) exempt certain transactions from uncleared margin requirements.

University of Houston Finance Professor Craig Pirrong considered the underlying reasons for the volatility occurring in the U.S. overnight funding markets in mid-September.

At a CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee meeting, Commissioners considered (i) implementation of margin requirements for uncleared swaps and (ii) the treatment of central counterparties under EU proposed rules.

In a joint statement, the CFTC and the European Commission reaffirmed their commitment to "transatlantic cooperation" among regulators and to implement G20 reforms to the derivatives market.

The SEC approved Options Clearing Corporation rule amendments enhancing the "Vanilla Option Model" and "Smoothing Algorithm."

The Options Clearing Corporation proposed a rule change to enhance the "Vanilla Option Model" and "Smoothing Algorithm."

Staff at the Federal Reserve Board Divisions of Research and Statistics and of Monetary Affairs analyzed "the desirability of central versus bilateral clearing."