The Singapore Exchange (SGX) invited comments on its proposal to enable bank affiliates of a clearing member to segregate their positions and collateral from that of the clearing member ("Affiliate Segregation").
CONTINUE READINGA key committee of the European Parliament on Oct. 8 voted in favor of Jonathan Hill, a former member of the British Parliament’s House of Lords, to serve as the Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. Hill, a former Conservative Party staffer, political lobbyist and public relations executive, failed to win support from members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee after an initial hearing. In an unusual move, he was recalled for a second hearing for another round of questions
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3 billion contracts in the month of September, down 11.7% from the previous month but up 27.2% from September 2018
CONTINUE READINGWorldwide volume of exchange-traded derivatives was 3.40 billion contracts in the month of August, up 17.4% from the previous month and up 34.9% from August 2018.
CONTINUE READINGFIA has responded to three of the four consultations published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on the CCP Resolution Regime. The responses cover two mandated guidelines on the assessment of resolvability and cooperation arrangement between member states and third-country authorities, and non-mandated guidelines on the resolution plan summary. The associations did not respond to the consultation on the standard written arrangement template for the resolution college
CONTINUE READINGDuring this webinar, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young will discuss emerging questions in crypto derivatives regulation at the CFTC and SEC as well as the extent of the regulators’ reach into offshore crypto derivatives activity.
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