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In the past month, no rulemaking requirements were due, no new rules were proposed to meet rulemaking requirements and one rulemaking requirement was finalized.
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On June 5, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed amendments to rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) and relate...
The Federal Reserve has issued an interim final rule clarifying the treatment of uninsured U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks under Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Swaps Pu...
On May 16, 2013, the CFTC adopted final rules relating to the registration and operation of swap execution facilities, the Dodd Frank Act’s mandatory trade execution requirement and the...
Yesterday, the CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk issued a no-action letter providing a clearing exception to “treasury affiliates” of commercial swap end-users, subject to specif...
In the past month, no rulemaking requirements were due, no unmet rulemaking requirements were finalized and one rulemaking requirement was proposed.
Although the CFTC released final rule...
On May 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission took long-awaited action to propose rules governing cross-border activities in security-based swaps. The SEC’s proposal, developed...
In the past month, no rulemaking requirements were due and 5 rulemaking requirements were met with finalized rules. No new rules that would meet rulemaking requirements were proposed.
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Recently, much attention has been paid to a trend known a “futurization”—the recasting of economic arrangements previously transacted as “swaps” to trade as “futures” as a r...
In advance of swap reporting and clearing deadlines, the CFTC adopted a final rule providing an exemption for inter-affiliate swap clearing and the staff issued a no-action letter providi...
