The 14-page report, Derivatives Market Structure 2024: Focusing on Capital and Workflow Efficiency, provides a unique perspective into the key drivers for the global clearing business. The report is based on findings from research of market participants conducted jointly by FIA and Coalition Greenwich, a provider of strategic benchmarking, analytics and insights to the financial services industry.
CONTINUE READINGThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) held a meeting on 13 February to discuss proposed increases in US bank capital requirements and the implications for and impact on derivatives markets.
CONTINUE READINGWide range of end-users and financial market utilities voice concerns
CONTINUE READINGOn January 22, FIA and ISDA jointly responded to a consultation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on proposed amendments to the capital framework for approved exchanges and approved clearinghouses.
CONTINUE READINGFIA strongly opposes provisions in the Basel III Endgame Proposal put forward by US bank regulators. In letters filed today with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, FIA outlines its concerns, stating that the proposals would dramatically increase capital requirements for derivatives clearing services that banks offer to their clients.
CONTINUE READINGFIA joined with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in submitting a comment letter to US banking regulators regarding the operational risk elements of their proposed changes to US bank capital requirements.
CONTINUE READINGFIA filed a comment letter today with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System expressing serious concerns with the significant increase in capital requirements for client derivatives clearing activities that the Board has proposed in its GSIB Surcharge Proposals. The changes would, on their own, increase the capital required to engage in client clearing activities by more than 58%.
CONTINUE READINGFIA estimates that top six US clearing banks would need more than $7.2 billion in additional capital for derivatives clearing services.
CONTINUE READINGOn 11 December a coalition of agriculture and energy trade associations formally submitted two comment letters regarding the Basel III Endgame Proposal issued by the three main US banking regulators as well as the GSIB Surcharge Proposal issued by the Federal Reserve.
CONTINUE READINGFIA offered presentations before an advisory committee of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on 6 November, touching on best practices for exchange volatility controls and the potential impact of proposed capital reforms on OTC derivatives clearing.
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