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FIA Legal Opinions Primer
If you are an experienced user of FIA legal opinions, new to the world of FIA netting and other legal opinions for regulatory capital purposes or just curious as to why FIA maintains a library of legal opinions, then this FIA webinar where experts from Clifford Chance LLP and FIA explain the types of legal opinions that FIA maintains, their structure and purpose in the context of regulatory capital requirements is for you.
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FIA Responds to EBA on draft regulatory technical standards under IFR
FIA has responded to the EBA consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) related to implementation of a new prudential regime for investment firms in the EU.
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U.S. banking regulators accelerate changes to capital treatment of derivatives
Amendments take effect immediately and are intended to "improve market liquidity"
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FIA PTG comments further on proposed swap dealer capital requirements
In a letter submitted to the CFTC today, FIA PTG welcomed the finalization of the capital requirements for Swap Dealers with the following suggested modifications for non-bank Swap Dealers:
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FIA calls on Basel Committee to remove client clearing from credit valuation adjustment
On Feb. 25, FIA submitted comments to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regarding proposed revisions to the calculation of credit valuation adjustment risk, an important component of the Basel III capital framework.
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Statement to United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on commodity exchanges, energy, and credit
Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Scott, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about Brexit and various cross-border matters that impact derivatives markets and market participants.
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Lukken Stresses the Importance of Cross-border Recognition
Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Scott, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about Brexit and various cross-border matters that impact derivatives markets and market participants.
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FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken on the Basel Committee’s Recognition of Client Cleared Margin As Reducing Exposure
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today made the following statement on the Basel Committee’s agreement “on a targeted and limited revision of the leverage ratio to allow margin received from a client to offset the exposure amounts of client-cleared derivatives.”
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FIA, ISDA, ABA, SIFMA and BPI Call on Fed to Review Capital Rules
FIA today joined The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the American Bankers Association (ABA), and the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) in submitting comments regarding the proposed rule issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to implement the standardized approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR) as a replacement for the current exposure method (CEM) in the US capital rules.
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FIA urges regulators to eliminate barriers to clearing
FIA today filed a response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s consultation on the treatment of client-cleared derivatives.
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