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Modification by consent - BIPRU 7.11.26(2) and BIPRU 7.11.39(2)

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 7 2008

The FSA has published a modification by consent of rules in chapter 7.11 of its Prudential sourcebook for Banks, Building Societies and Investment firms (BIPRU) relating to credit derivatives in the trading book

Discussion paper on the Commission’s review of the financial regulatory framework for commodity and exotic derivatives

  • Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 10 2008

The FSA has published a joint Discussion Paper with HM Treasury on the Commission’s review of the financial regulatory framework for commodity and exotic derivatives

FSA reviews UK commodities markets

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 30 2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) published “Growth in Commodity Investment: Risks and Challenges for Commodity Market Participants” on March 26

Office of Fair Trading closes LME investigation

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 27 2007

The UK Office of Fair Trading announced on April 20 that it had finally and unconditionally closed its investigation of the London Metal Exchange (LME

Market abuse and the commodities markets

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 19 2007

The recent trends and significant developments in the commodities markets have not gone unnoticed by the United Kingdom’s financial services watchdog

Implementing a derivatives programme: the legal issues

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 22 2007

In our last issue of Insight, Abbey Financial Markets explained some of the ways in which derivative instruments can be used to enhance pension fund investment performance and some of the advantages they have over other more traditional asset strategies

Re North America Steamships Ltd

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom
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  • July 30 2007

Trustee in bankruptcy must affirm swap contracts to take advantage of them but is not personally liable if the contracts end up being out of the money - while contract gave buyer a termination right on bankruptcy, it could choose not to exercise this option and leave it to the trustee to decide whether or not to affirm the swap and take the risk that the estate will end up out of the money

New FFABA a summary of the key differences between the FFABA 2005 and the FFABA 2007

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 7 2008

This note provides a brief overview of the contractual mechanics of the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers Association’s standard contract (“the FFABA”), including a summary analysis of the key changes that the FFABA 2007 contract makes to the previous regime under the FFABA 2005 contract

Carbon trading made easier

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 11 2008

LCH.Clearnet, a large London clearing house, launched OTC clearing services for Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) and EU Allowance contracts on February 29

An overview of credit derivatives

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2008

Credit derivatives isolate credit risk from other risks present in an asset