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  • September 15, 2016 • MarketVoice, Clearing, Advocacy

    Resilience, Recovery and Resolution

    Regulators Launch Global Effort to Strengthen Clearinghouses

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  • September 9, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Enhancing self-regulation

    Singapore Exchange announced on July 18 that it will create a separate and independently governed subsidiary to perform the exchange operator’s front-line self-regulatory functions.

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  • September 9, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Stamp of approval for cross-border clearing

    ESMA Recognizes First U.S. Clearinghouse

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  • September 9, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    India considers restrictions on automated trading

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India, the country's primary regulator of financial and commodity markets, is considering a wide range of measures to restrict high-frequency trading.

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  • September 9, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Capital Relief

    On June 8, the European Commission officially extended the deadline for implementing new rules that will require clearing firms to set aside more capital for their exposures to clearinghouses that have not been deemed "qualified central counterparties."

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  • September 9, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    MIFID II

    The European Commission has nearly completed work on the regulatory technical standards needed for the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, its comprehensive overhaul of market regulation.

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  • September 6, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Uncleared swaps

    Europe Falls Behind in the Implementation of Margin Requirements

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  • September 6, 2016 • MarketVoice, Operational Resilience, Advocacy

    Cyber security for market infrastructure

    On June 29, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures and the International Organization of Securities Commissions released a set of guidelines for strengthening cybersecurity at exchanges and other financial market infrastructures.

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  • September 6, 2016 • MarketVoice, Clearing, Advocacy

    Preparing for a default

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a staff letter on July 21 that provides detailed guidance on the issues that clearinghouses should take into account as they develop their recovery plans and wind-down plans.

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  • September 6, 2016 • MarketVoice, Advocacy

    Ensuring liquidity

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 8 announced several actions intended to address the impact of amendments to money market fund rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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