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  • Swap Trading

    Tim Massad, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, gave several speeches in April on the need to adjust the CFTC's rules for swap execution facilities

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  • Best Practices in Customer Margin Standards

    The derivatives industry has played a key role in allowing market participants to safely and efficiently manage their risks during normal market conditions and stress events for over 100 years

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  • The Four Levels of Financial Regulation

    Financial regulators use many techniques to carry out their responsibilities.

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  • Shorter Settlement

    On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that will shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions to T+2 from T+3. Broker-dealers will be required to comply with the shorter settlement cycle beginning on Sept. 5.

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  • Project KISS

    On March 15, Chris Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced a three-pronged plan to renovate derivatives regulation that he called Project KISS, which stands for “keep it simple, stupid.”

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  • Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: On CCPs and Banks

    A central counterparty, viewed from an economic perspective, is a “commitment mechanism.”

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  • OTC Derivatives Reform

    On April 28, the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued a consultation paper to further implement OTC regulatory reform in Singapore.

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  • Leverage Ratio

    On April 13, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority issued a consultation on the implementation of the Basel III leverage ratio framework in Hong Kong.

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  • OTC Clearing

    On March 21, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing announced that it has launched a client clearing service ahead of the first phase of mandatory clearing in Hong Kong set for July 1.

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    Cyber Guidelines

    The World Federation of Exchanges, which represents more than 200 exchanges, clearinghouses and other market infrastructure operators, published a set of cyber-resilience standards in April.

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