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Maples Group | Cayman Islands | 19 Jul 2019
Margin Loan Financing in Developing Markets
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
CFTC’s Office of the Chief Economist Issues Report on Initial Margin Phase 5
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
SFC circular warning asset managers on margin financing activities disguised as investments: wider market implications
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
Initial Margin Requirements on the Horizon: FAQs for Buy Side Firms
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
UK FCA publishes statement on Cryptocurrency derivatives
On April 6, 2018, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a statement on cryptocurrency derivatives (the FCA Statement) indicating…
Mayer Brown | United Kingdom | 28 Feb 2018
Margin of error: The English Court of Appeal confirms no duty to protect customer from self-inflicted economic harm
The Court of Appeal has considered whether a spread betting company owed a contractual, tortious or regulatory duty to its customer to protect the…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 12 Feb 2018
Conforming Amendments Proposed for Bank Swap Margin Rules
On February 5, the Prudential Regulators—the five federal banking regulators for swap dealers that are banks—proposed technical amendments to their…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 17 Dec 2017
CFTC Proposes Interpretation to Make Clear: Retail Client + Virtual Currency Transaction + Financing + No Actual Delivery by 28 Days + No Registration = Trouble
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a Proposed Interpretation that would formally require actual delivery of a virtual currency to a…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 11 Dec 2017
Partial success for High Court claim regarding suitability of structured product sales
The Court has recently handed down judgment in Abdullah and others v Credit Suisse (UK) Limited and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, a case…
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2017
Fuyao Workers Reject the UAW by 2-to-1 Margin
After two days of voting in a secret-ballot NLRB election, production and maintenance workers at the Moraine, Ohio Fuyao glass plant rejected the UAW…
