Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 8 Aug 2023
The CFTC set a comment deadline of October 10, 2023 for proposed amendments to uncleared swaps margin requirements. The amendments are intended to…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2023
The SEC re-approved amendments to FINRA Rule 4210 ("Margin Requirements") on "to-be-announced" ("TBA") and other "Covered Agency Transactions." The…
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 30 Jun 2023
On May 24, 2023, representatives from J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Sia Partners and Fried Frank hosted a complimentary virtual seminar on the SEC's…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | Global | 24 May 2023
The Bank for International Settlements (in particular, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Committee on Payments and Market…
Lexology PRO | Italy | 17 Sep 2021
An Italian court has quashed the national competition enforcer’s €5.7 million fine to Vodafone Italia for operating a margin squeeze in the bulk text messaging market, two months after overturning another major antitrust ruling against the telecommunications company and its rivals.
Maples Group | Cayman Islands | 19 Jul 2019
Margin loan financing in developing markets can expose lenders to a number of risks, including their ability to liquidate shares provided by a…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 2 Nov 2018
On October 31, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of the Chief Economist issued a report on “Phase 5” of the uncleared margin rules…
Linklaters LLP | Hong Kong | 17 Aug 2018
The Securities and Futures Commission said in a circular issued earlier this month that it believes some licensed corporations carrying out asset…
Sidley Austin LLP | Global, USA | 31 Jul 2018
The regulatory requirements for posting and collecting initial margin (IM) currently apply principally to the uncleared over-the-counter (OTC)…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada, United Kingdom | 17 Apr 2018
On April 6, 2018, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a statement on cryptocurrency derivatives (the FCA Statement) indicating…