Security-based swaps
SEC plans ‘pose reverse-engineering threat to quant funds’
Managers say proposed disclosure rules would lead to less efficient markets
Banks balk at SEC backloading rule
Reporting requirements for expired security-based swaps “not justified”, dealers say
Dealers scramble to meet SEC swaps rule deadline
Dealers battle buy-side inertia and eleventh-hour confusion as belated security-based swap rules bite
Could global regulators miss another Archegos whale?
Spotting systemic risk from OTC swaps requires cross-border access to derivatives data
CFTC finds harmony harder than it sounds
James Schwartz and Chrys Carey, of counsels at Morrison & Foerster, explore the impact of a recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission white paper – including how its author’s suggestions would affect cross-jurisdictional application of its regulations …
SEC finally moves forward on single-name CDS dealer rules
Commissioner Peirce wants rest of dealer regime completed within “weeks”, but no word on clearing
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
SEC legal hurdles threaten non-US CDS dealers
Row over access to books and records threatens to undermine registration rules
SEC in wait-and-see mode on CDS clearing mandate
Industry sources that have met with the agency claim it has “no plan” for mandate
CFTC-SEC swap ruling starts Dodd-Frank compliance race
Publication of swap rule will mark start of 60-day countdown to compliance with registration, reporting rules. Industry will find it "quite challenging" warns CFTC's O'Malia
Cost-benefit defeat weighing on "gun-shy" SEC
Slowly but surely
CFTC/SEC swap product definitions 'irrational', say derivatives lawyers
Attorneys criticise the division of regulation and the lack of detail on mixed swaps
$20 million capital hike for major swap participants
All MSPs and swap dealers to hold minimum $20 million under CFTC proposals