On 14 February 2019, the FCA issued a short performance statement on the operation of its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bank of England (BoE) for market infrastructure. The FCA and the BoE have concluded that the MoU’s arrangements for co-operation remain effective, with appropriate co-ordination and no material duplication. The FCA and the … Continue Reading
On 14 February 2019, the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) published reports produced by its Disclosures and Cover and Deal working groups and released results from the second annual survey on the FX Global Code. One report, “The Role of Disclosure and Transparency in the Global FX Market”, describes eight characteristics to help market participants … Continue Reading
On 7 February 2019, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a final report on good or sound practices within commodity storage and delivery infrastructures. The report builds on the findings of IOSCO’s report ‘The Impact of Storage and Delivery Infrastructure on Derivatives Market Pricing’ (Storage Report), which was published in May 2016. The … Continue Reading
On 5 February 2019, the Council of the EU announced that it and the European Parliament had reached a preliminary agreement on the draft Regulation amending the EMIR (the EMIR Refit Regulation). The announcement states that the agreed text: introduces a new category of “small financial counterparties” which will be exempted from the obligation to … Continue Reading
On 4 February 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its Q&As on EMIR. The updated Q&As modify two questions concerning trade repositories, specifically regarding contracts with no maturity date (trade repositories Q34), and trades terminated before the reporting deadline (trade repositories Q38). A new question 50 is also … Continue Reading
On 1 February 2019, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a report on interoperability arrangements between central counterparties (CCPs). A previous report published by the ESRB in 2016 concluded that, although interoperability arrangements provide clearing members with increased opportunities for netting and lead to a reduction in outstanding gross exposures in the system, they are … Continue Reading
On 31 January 2019, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a statement on EMIR implementation considerations regarding the clearing and trading obligation for small financial counterparties and the backloading requirement with respect to the reporting obligation. Clearing and trading obligation for small financial counterparties Under EMIR, the clearing obligation start date for counterparties … Continue Reading
On 30 January 2019, ESMA published an updated version of Q&As on the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR). Two new Q&As have been inserted under Part III of the Q&As (settlement discipline). The new Q&As concern the calculation of cash penalties, and the scope of cash penalties. … Continue Reading
On 29 January 2019, the European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) published an updated version of its draft Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalties framework. The first draft framework was published for consultation in July 2018, and the updated draft reflects comments received during the public consultation. The ECSDA CSDR Penalties Framework is the effort … Continue Reading
On 29 January 2019, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Council Decision (EU) 2019/134 of 21 January 2019 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee, concerning the amendment of Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement. The decision states … Continue Reading
On 28 January 2019, the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published the final version of its standard on secondary market trading error compensation under its remit to improve conduct and raise standards in the wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities markets. The new standard sets out expected behaviours that are designed to improve the … Continue Reading
On 24 January 2019, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) published a paper containing a set of clearing risk management best practices for central counterparties (CCPs). The overriding principle guiding these recommendations is the importance of ensuring that CCP risk management for a given cleared product is appropriately aligned with its risk profile. This … Continue Reading
On 19 December 2018, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation amending amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/592 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1178 supplementing the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards on the clearing obligation to extend the dates of deferred application of the clearing obligation for certain … Continue Reading
On 18 December 2018, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published: final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 on risk-mitigation techniques for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts not cleared by a central counterparty (CCP) under Article 11(15) of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in the context of simple, transparent and standardised (STS) … Continue Reading
On 17 December 2018, the European Commission issued a press release stating that it is proposing to extend for six months its decision to recognise trading venues in Switzerland as eligible for compliance with the trading obligation for shares set out in MiFID II and MiFIR. The Commission is currently consulting Member States on the … Continue Reading
On 5 December 2018, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1889 of 4 December 2018 on the extension of the transitional periods related to own funds requirements for exposures to central counterparties set out in Regulations (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) No 648/2012 of the European … Continue Reading
On 3 December 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published an updated version of its Q&As on the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). ESMA has modified the answer to question 9 of its CCP questions section, which covers margin requirements under Article 41 of EMIR.… Continue Reading
On 3 December 2018, the European Council published a press release announcing that EU Member States had reached a compromise position on the proposed amendments to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) on how EU and third country central counterparties (CCPs) should be supervised, taking particular account of the effects of Brexit on the European … Continue Reading
Introduction On 27 November 2018, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published a final report with draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) proposing to amend the Commission Delegated Regulation on the risk mitigation techniques for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives not cleared by a central counterparty (CCP) (bilateral margin requirements) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The draft … Continue Reading
On 27 November 2018, the Futures Industry Association (FIA) published a position paper on recommendations for central counterparty (CCP) risk management. The position paper makes recommendations in the following areas for CCP risk management, including: membership criteria; CCP governance of self-clearing members; margin adequacy (particularly in low-liquidity markets and in respect of concentration risk and … Continue Reading
On 22 November 2018, HM Treasury published a letter updating the House of Common’s European Scrutiny Committee on the progress of the proposed EU Regulation (the Regulation) amending the EMIR supervisory regime for EU and third country central counterparties (CCPs). The letter notes that the European Parliament have agreed a position on the draft Regulation. … Continue Reading
On 22 November 2018, the European Payments Council (EPC) published a number of updated versions of its 2017 Single European Payments Area (SEPA) scheme rulebooks, along with new 2019 editions. The updated 2017 Rulebooks become effective on 1 January 2018, the new 2019 Rulebooks become effective on 17 November 2019. Updated 2017 Rulebooks SEPA Credit … Continue Reading
On 19 November 2018, the Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee (LEI ROC) published its second consultation paper on fund relationships in the global LEI system. The consultation paper provides a limited update to the way relationships affecting funds are recorded in the Global LEI System (GLEIS). To ensure consistency throughout the GLEIS, the consultation … Continue Reading
On 19 November 2018, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a final report on its survey on the principles for the regulation and supervision of commodity derivatives markets. The report follows on from the IOSCOs Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets (the IOSCO Principles) endorsed by the G20 in … Continue Reading
