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Opec learns to love hedge funds
Net long position weakens after cartel announces change in attitude to price drivers
Silent running: on the trail of the SEC’s missing CDS rules
The mysterious fate of the apocryphal 2013 clearing proposal, and what comes next
Dealers at odds with Fed on variation margin relief
Significant exposure test should be applied on a gross basis, Risk.net has learned
Emerging cyber threats share a familiar root cause
Whether in banking or energy, most cyber breaches start with human error
Dodd-Frank rollback targets asset manager stress tests
Amended Financial Choice Act eliminates stress tests for funds, lobbyist claims
Dollar deposit mystery highlights non-US bank funding risks
Liquidity resilience is uncertain as offshore deposit financing replaces prime money funds
Swinburne hits out at ‘politicised’ EU equivalence process
Politics could further frustrate equivalence decisions in the future, particularly after Brexit, warns MEP
Regulators may consider portability in CCP fire drills
BoE, BaFin and CFTC move signals concern over whether client positions can be moved between banks in a crisis
Hazy guidance causes chaos on first day of VM regime
"We don’t know what the rules are," says one senior banker
Buy side must clear hurdles to revive CDS liquidity
Some firms forced to watch from sidelines as voluntary clearing of single-name CDSs takes off
Vague VM relief criteria creates trading uncertainty
Banks face lack of clarity on extent of margin rule forbearance
Insurers’ losses shine light on swaps accounting
FASB seeking to iron out swaps mismatches that hit MetLife, Manulife and others
Deal or no deal? US divided on EU insurance agreement
Benefits of mutual recognition may encourage Trump administration to keep Obama’s last act
Treasury: SLR 'reducing stability' in US repo markets
Treasury study found leverage ratio is making bank repo funding “fragile”
Regulators relent ahead of VM big bang
Firms with 'significant exposures' must stick to March 1 deadline, however
Statoil braces for increased oil volatility
Changing market dynamics increase importance of trading, says Norwegian oil firm
Ferc manipulation definitions raise compliance fears
‘Vague’ anti-manipulation standards a source of frustration for energy firms
Yellen defends Basel co-operation before Congress
Fed chair rebuffs Republican lawmaker; dodges question on delaying VM rule
Japan holds firm on VM deadline as Fed tracks progress
JFSA says no “strong reason” for delay; Bafin and Fed monitor developments
Banks get no relief from CFTC’s variation margin delay
No-action letter will benefit only a dozen or so swaps brokerages and energy firms
Executive disorder: little threat to Dodd-Frank from Trump memos
Order to scrap two rules for each new one cannot capture bank regulators or repeal legislation
Nodal plans power, gas options
Contracts to launch in 2017, while sceptics question ability of a new exchange to compete with incumbents
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Forex swap margin treatment uncertain ahead of VM deadline
With one month to go, market participants are still unsure how to treat foreign exchange derivatives