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House subcommittee examines whether credit default swaps caused the Greek debt crisis

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Greece, USA
  • -
  • April 29 2010

Earlier today, the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled "Credit Default Swaps on Government Debt: Potential Implications of the Greek Debt Crisis."

SEC and CFTC hold roundtable discussion on clearing and listing of swaps and security-based swaps

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2010

On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a roundtable discussion on "issues related to governance and conflicts of interest in the clearing and listing of swaps and security-based swaps."

CFTC extends compliance date for amended rules 4.5 and 4.13(a)(4) regarding CPOCTA registration

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 25 2012

On July 13, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued a letter to the Managed Funds Association, the Investment Company Institute, and other industry associations that extends relief from compliance with the changes to Regulations 4.13(a)(4) and 4.5 until the end of the year for commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors of pools launched after July 13, 2012

IOSCO publishes recommendations on unregulated financial markets and products

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • May 6 2009

Yesterday, the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee released a report prepared by its Task Force on Unregulated Financial Markets and Products

CFTC provides annual report guidance to commodity pool operators

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2009

On January 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight (DCIO or “Division”) released its annual guidance letter (“Letter”) regarding the preparation and filing of commodity pool financial reports

ISDA publishes Close-out amount protocol

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • February 27 2009

On February 27, 2009, ISDA published its Close-out Amount protocol (the 'Protocol'

SEC permits Chicago Mercantile Exchange to operate clearing entity for credit default swaps

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2009

Late last week, the SEC announced its approval of conditional temporary exemptions to allow the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) to operate as a central counterparty (CCP) to clear credit default swaps (CDS), based on a request for exemptive relief submitted by CME and Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (Citadel

CFTC civil penalty settlement order highlights legal standards for what constitutes wash sales in natural gas futures contracts

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2010

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on April 22, 2010, adopted a civil penalty settlement concerning claims that San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) violated the prohibition on wash sales in Section 4c(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U

CGFS releases report on the impact of margining practice and haircut-setting on procyclicality

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • March 25 2010

On Wednesday, the Bank for International Settlement's Committee on the Global Finance System (CGFS) published a report entitled "The Role of Margin Requirements and Haircuts in Procyclicality," which reviews the impact of haircut-setting and margining practices in securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives transactions during the financial crisis

Lehman Brothers’ credit default swap settlement completed

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2008

Yesterday, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that its Trade Information Warehouse (TIW) successfully completed on October 21st settlement of the over-the-counter credit default swaps (CDS) related to the credit event of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc

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