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Buyside firms are looking for industry-wide standardized clearing documents in coming months as the newly-signed U.S. Dodd-Frank Act pushes much of the over-the-counter market towards central clearing.
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The U.K. Financial Services Authority, H.M. Treasury and the Bank of England have given their support to a global framework for reporting information on derivatives to trade repositories, arguing that this would avoid regulatory arbitrage and data fragmentation.
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is preparing standardized documents for first-to-default-swaps and nth-to-default swaps, which market participants say will cut down the times to trade the swaps and make it possible for trades to be confirmed in a repository.
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Industry officials have warned the European Commission that the appointment of independent administrators to chair and participate in a clearinghouse’s risk committee could limit a CCPs ability to establish a stringent risk policy for clearing over-the-counter derivative contracts.
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A hedge fund swooped on USD800 million in two-month euro puts against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, with strikes around USD1.10.
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Forthcoming derivative legislation in the U.S. and the E.U. could force small hedge funds, pension funds and asset managers to limit or reduce their use of currency overlay services because those investors will likely face higher capital charges for bespoke derivatives and the costs associated with central clearing.
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Close-out netting under International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreements could become less effective once regulatory reform forces companies to separate various types of derivative activity.
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been hiring staff to write new regulations since last fall and is ready to draft them.
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The type of counterparty dealers face may account for split view among dealers in a Federal Reserve Board survey that found players were evenly split between those tightening and those relaxing margin for exotic credit derivatives.
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Net derivative liabilities, under Basel II standards, will be taken into account when calculating a firm’s U.K. bank tax, according to a consultation released by H.M. Treasury today.