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Revisiting the Leverage Ratio
End-Users Appeal to Banking Regulators for Clearing Relief
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Remote clearing: Singapore weighs new approach
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is moving closer to allowing international clearing firms to become members of local clearinghouses without having to establish a local presence.
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MIFID II
The European Commission has nearly completed work on the regulatory technical standards needed for the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, its comprehensive overhaul of market regulation.
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Viewpoint - The Value of Markets, The Power of Innovation
A message from Walt Lukken, President and CEO, FIA
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Insight: The value of markets, the power of innovation
Sometimes the simplest questions we face are the hardest to answer.
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Enhancing self-regulation
Singapore Exchange announced on July 18 that it will create a separate and independently governed subsidiary to perform the exchange operator’s front-line self-regulatory functions.
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Cross-border clearing: U.S. strengthens ties with China
On May 31, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued no-action relief to the Shanghai Clearing House regarding its registration as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S.
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Capital Relief
On June 8, the European Commission officially extended the deadline for implementing new rules that will require clearing firms to set aside more capital for their exposures to clearinghouses that have not been deemed "qualified central counterparties."
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Market link
On June 21, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Korea Exchange signed a non-binding letter of intent to explore the cross listing of their equity derivatives in each other's market.
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OTC Clearing: KRX Extends Clearing to Dollar Swaps
Korea Exchange announced in June that it will start clearing interest rate swaps denominated in U.S. dollars in November. KRX, which has been clearing interest rate swaps denominated in Korean won since June 2014, estimated that about 12% of the Korean interest rate swap market is denominated in U.S. dollars.
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