Dodd-Frank Act
WHAT IS THIS? Properly known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, this controversial US legislative package enacted a host of reforms agreed by the G20 nations in the aftermath of the financial crisis, including rules on the clearing, execution and reporting of standardised swaps. It also introduced the Volcker rule ban on proprietary trading by banks, and a new way of liquidating big institutions.
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Nearly a third of uncleared CDS are clearing-eligible
SEC study finds large portion of clearing-eligible CDS still trading bilaterally
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit: Industry will struggle to meet clearing deadlines
Buy-side firms will struggle to finish legal and operational work ahead of US mandated clearing deadlines – and they are not the only ones, says panel
New Isda protocol may not fix business conduct bottleneck
Dealers hope to comply with new business conduct rules by amending thousands of Isda master agreements – but a standardised protocol published last month is expected to leave some clients cold
Fingerprint, aggregation fears hit swap dealer countdown
Prints and be damned
The agent-principal dilemma
The agent-principal dilemma
What will clearing cost?
What will clearing cost?
Neal Wolkoff: OTC market faces break-up blues
Break-up blues
Energy firms gear up for new data management requirements
Dealing with a data flood
Regulation to hit bank profitability - Risk survey
Dealers expect new rules to hit the profitability of their business, but fewer expect to be able to pass the costs along – and more are anticipating a big drop in OTC trading volumes
Sefs hit by Dodd-Frank disclosure rules
New trading platforms must enable dealers to make pre-trade disclosures – but industry doesn't know what information needs to be provided
Reprieve for dealers as CFTC extends business conduct deadline
Ten-week extension comes as welcome surprise to dealers, but industry still has concerns about timing and content of new rules
CFTC cross-border guidance a threat to ‘systemic stability’, say Asian regulators
Leading regulators from across Asia complain of the potentially negative impact of the US regulator’s latest proposals
Publication of swap definitions triggers countdown to compliance deadline
The publication of swap definitions earlier this week initiates a 60-day countdown for compliance to key parts of the Dodd-Frank Act
Errors in CFTC extraterritorial guidance to be amended
A CFTC source acknowledges that inconsistencies in the proposed interpretative guidance on the cross-border application of Dodd-Frank will have to be ironed out
Dodd-Frank introduces technology challenges
Race to the finish
Risk 25: The search for margin efficiency
Margin efficiency: The new battleground
Risk 25 firms of the future: Citadel
OTC market-maker in waiting
Risk 25 firms of the future: BlackRock
‘Jury out’ on OTC derivatives
Risk 25 firms of the future: GFI Group
Exchange ambitions