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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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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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FIA issues updated CCP risk management recommendations
FIA today published a series of recommendations to improve clearinghouse risk management following recent market developments.
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Special Report: CFTC moves forward on swap rulemakings
On Nov. 5, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission held a public meeting to discuss two rules and a request for comment related to swap markets.
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Special Alert: U.S. banking regulators propose SA-CCR methodology for calculating derivatives exposures
On Oct. 30, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a rulemaking proposal seeking comment on an alternative approach to calculating capital requirements for derivatives. The proposal, if adopted, would permit banks to use the "standardized approach for measuring counterparty credit risk", also known as SA-CCR, as an alternative to the current CEM methodology for calculating derivatives exposure under U.S. regulatory capital rules.
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FIA statement on Basel Committee’s consultation on capital
FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today made the following statement regarding the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s announcement of a consultation on the leverage ratio treatment of client cleared derivatives.
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FIA, Institute of International Finance and Global Financial Markets Association urge fair treatment of global capital rules for clearing
Washington, DC – FIA, the Institute of International Finance (IIF), and the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) filed a response to the consultative report of the Derivatives Assessment Team (DAT) on “Incentives to centrally clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives” (DAT Report). The Associations agree with the DAT’s findings that there are impediments to accessing central clearing and urge global regulators to take action. Regulatory capital treatment of banks' clearing activity is the key constraint on client clearing capacity by service providers, according to the response.
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Statement of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken on the unanimous vote of House Financial Services Committee in passing H.R. 5749, the "Options Market Stability Act."
Statement of FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken on the unanimous vote of House Financial Services Committee in passing H.R. 5749, the "Options Market Stability Act."
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