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Global Derivatives Reform
On July 24 the Financial Stability Board, the international body that coordinates financial sector reforms under the authority of the Group of 20 nations, published its ninth progress report on the global implementation of derivatives market reforms.
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ISDA/FOA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum (Updated 9 June 2015 ) - word version
ISDA/FOA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum (Updated 9 June 2015 ) - word version
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ISDA/FOA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum (Updated 9 June 2015) - pdf version
ISDA/FOA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum (Updated 9 June 2015) - pdf version
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InfoNet 2015 - Trading and Technology: The Interdependence between trading firms and their vendors
As the listed derivatives industry comes to terms with increased operational costs and regulatory constraints, this edition of InfoNet explores the critical role of the vendor in the market ecosystem.
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Record Fine
Deutsche Bank announced on April 23 that it reached joint settlements with U.K. and U.S. regulators as part of an industry-wide investigation into manipulation of interest rate benchmarks.
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Joint ISDA/FIA Europe response - CMU Green paper and position paper
On 18 February the European Commission (Commission) launched its flagship Capital Markets Union (CMU) project with three consultation papers. The first is an overall policy green paper examining practical barriers and obstacles to creating a CMU. The paper looks at questions including availability and standardisation of SME credit information, the development of private placement markets, promoting greater liquidity in corporate bond markets, reducing the costs to fund managers of setting up and marketing funds across the EU, increasing retail investment, facilitating the access of EU firms to investors and capital markets in third countries, targeted changes to securities ownership rules, improving the legal enforceability of collateral and close-out netting arrangements cross-border and harmonisation of insolvency laws. The other consultations launched covered the revision of the Prospectus Directive and a consultation on Securitisation. All three consultations closed on 13 May.
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FOA/ISDA EMIR disclosure document (word) (February 2014)
FOA/ISDA EMIR disclosure document (word) (February 2014)
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ISDA/FIA Europe Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreement - May 2014
ISDA/FIA Europe Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreement - May 2014
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FOA/ISDA EMIR disclosure document (blackline against the November version) (February 2014)
FOA/ISDA EMIR disclosure document (blackline against the November version) (February 2014)
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Appendix 1 to the Annex of the FOA Clearing Module_ECAG_as of 16June2014 - pdf
Appendix 1 to the Annex of the FOA Clearing Module_ECAG_as of 16June2014 - pdf
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