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CFTC eases compliance burdens for certain inter-affiliate swaps

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

Counterparties to inter-affiliate swaps may now qualify for recently issued regulatory relief from mandatory clearing or reporting requirements. On

Recent DOL advisory opinion clarifies role of ERISA with respect to cleared swap transactions involving ERISA plans

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

On February 7, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued Advisory Opinion 2013-01A (the "Advisory Opinion"), which clarified the application

International regulatory update 4 Feb-8 Feb 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

EMIR: European Parliament’s resolution to reject Delegated regulations withdrawn; MiFID review: EU Council Presidency publishes Compromise texts

International regulatory update 7 - 11 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Global, India, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

EMIR: Extension of scrutiny period for Commission Delegated Regulations Basel III: Basel Committee releases revised version of Liquidity Coverage

International regulatory update 21 December 2012-4 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Ireland commences EU Council Presidency PRIPS: ECON Committee reports on proposed Regulation on key information documents EMIR: Implementing

International regulatory update 10-14 December 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 17 2012

The European Council (Heads of State or Government) has published the conclusions from its meeting on 13 and 14 December 2012, at which it agreed on a roadmap for the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union

International regulatory update 12 - 16 November 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • Australia, European Union, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

The European Commission has published a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation on OTC derivative transactions, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR), which was published in the Official Journal on 27 July 2012

Dodd-Frank Act v. EMIR: confirmation, reconciliation, compression, and documentation rules

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

The CFTC rules come into effect on November 13, 2012, although the rules will not apply to SDs until they are registered and SDs are not required to register until December 31, 2012

Equity REITs excluded from the definition of commodity pool

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 16 2012

Under the Commodity Exchange Act, a "commodity pool" is defined as any investment trust, syndicate or similar form of enterprise operated for the purpose of trading commodity interests and commodity pool operators ("CPOs") are subject to regulation by the CFTC

The impact of CPO rule changes

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2012

In December changes to the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission relating to funds and other collective investment vehicles will require many investment managers, banks and other financial institutions to register for the first time as commodity pool operators if they operate such funds, or as commodity trading advisers if they advise funds with respect to regulated commodity investments and are not the relevant fund’s CPO