EMIR

CCP, Europe, Repo, Securities Lending

CFTC, Cum-ex, EMIR, ESMA, Germany, ICMA, topstory

Just when you thought things were settling down and European regulation was becoming predictable, a string of news suggests the opposite. The end of 2018 clear through into 2019 could…

Amundi tells ESMA that hedging transparency should be a condition for EMIR clearing exemption

June 26, 2018

Amundi, EMIR, ESMA, Securitization

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its consultation on amendments to the EMIR Clearing Obligation under the Securitization Regulation. Concerning STS (simple, transparent and standardized)…

ESMA reports on how national authorities tackle EMIR violations

June 14, 2018

EMIR, ESMA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today its first annual report regarding supervisory measures carried out and penalties imposed by national competent authorities (NCAs) under the European Market…

Clearstream and Lombard Risk partner on collateral management services ahead of EMIR

June 6, 2018

Clearstream, collateral management, EMIR, Lombard Risk

Lombard Risk’s collateral management clients will gain access to Clearstream’s triparty collateral management services, bringing together more opportunities for real-time collateral mobilization in order to improve liquidity on a global…

ESMA publishes final report on EMIR anti-procyclicality margin measures for CCPs

May 29, 2018

News and Notes, Uncategorized

CCPs, EMIR, ESMA

EMIR recognizes that CCPs, competent authorities and ESMA should adopt measures to prevent and control possible procyclical effects arising from the risk-management practices adopted by CCPs. To this end, Article…

IHS Markit in slew of activity: buying Ipreo for $1.9bn, selling derivatives processing unit while expanding it into Asia and Europe with CME, hires J.P. Morgan’s Wilson

May 24, 2018

ASIC, CME Group, EMIR, IHS Markit

IHS Markit announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Ipreo, a financial services solutions and data provider, for $1.855 billion from private equity funds managed by Blackstone and the…

European regulators consult on EMIR amendments for non-cleared derivatives

May 7, 2018

EMIR, European Supervisory Authorities, non-cleared derivatives

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) launched two joint consultations to amend Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the clearing obligation and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared. These standards, which…

ISDA, EBF, ICMA and ISLA publish whitepaper on benefits of post-trade risk reduction services

April 10, 2018

EBF, EMIR, ICMA, ISDA, ISLA, MiFID II, post-trade

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the European Banking Federation (EBF), International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) have published a whitepaper on…

ESMA issues conflict of interest guidelines for CCPs

February 8, 2018

CCPs, EMIR, ESMA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued final guidelines on the management of conflict of interests for central counterparties (CCPs). Under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) CCPs have…

ESMA publishes EMIR position calculation consultation responses

February 7, 2018

EMIR, ESMA

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the responses received to its consultation on position calculation under EMIR. Responses came from Deutsche Bundesbank, National Bank of Belgium, London…

ESMA consults on CCP anti-procyclicality margin measures

January 8, 2018

CCPs, EMIR, ESMA, Margin

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened a public consultation on draft guidelines which aim to clarify the implementation of anti-procyclicality provisions for central counterparties (CCPs) under the…

REGIS-TR and IHS Markit to collaborate for SFTR reporting interoperability

November 29, 2017

EMIR, IHS Markit, Regis-TR, SFTR, Trade repositories

REGIS-TR will collaborate with IHS Markit to provide an interoperable, full service reporting solution for Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) requirements. IHS Markit’s SFTR reporting solution will combine its data…

Deutsche Börse starts EMIR reporting service

November 2, 2017

Deutsche Borse, EMIR, Regulatory Reporting Hub

Deutsche Börse launched the first EMIR reporting solution on its Regulatory Reporting Hub. It comprises all EMIR II-relevant reporting features including an interface to the trade repository REGIS-TR. This new…

ISDA replies to EU’s third-country CCP proposal, warns on location policy

October 10, 2017

CCPs, EMIR, ISDA

ISDA and its members welcome the European Union’s review of CCP supervision arrangements. We agree with the proposal’s objective of ensuring that EU supervisors are able to exercise appropriate and proportionate oversight…

MTS launches direct electronic D2C repo trading

September 15, 2017

EMIR, LSEG, MTS, Repo Clearing, SFTR, Unavista

MTS, the London Stock Exchange’s fixed income trading arm, has new functionality for the trading of bilateral and centrally cleared repo contracts between sell- and buy-side participants for the first time,…

NEX launches EMIR RTS rewrite tool

August 10, 2017

EMIR, NEX

NEX has launched a solution to support the EMIR Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) rewrite as part of its regulatory reporting business. Due to come into effect on 28 October 2017, ESMA’s…

EU relaxes derivatives rules – smart economic policy or a reaction to global competition?

May 8, 2017

CCP, Collateral Management, Derivatives, EMIR, Europe, Investments

CCPs, Clearing, collateral, derivatives, EMIR, Europe, topstory

The European Union last week proposed simpler and more efficient derivatives rules, a move that is widely accepted as helpful for a wide range of corporations, pensions and smaller banks.…

FISL in New York: day 1 highlights

April 3, 2017

Uncategorized

Basel III, cash collateral, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, events, Finadium event, non-cash collateral, Regulation, topstory

Finadium’s Investors in Securities Lending (FISL) conferences are bringing together a wide spectrum of participants in the securities finance market, and you can follow the major issues discussed at the inaugural NYC launch here…

EBA and ESMA call for clarification of margin requirements between CRR and EMIR

January 19, 2017

CRR, EBA, EMIR, ESMA, Margin

The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today their joint report on the functioning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with the…

Bank of England: Gauging market dynamics using trade repository data: the case of the Swiss franc de-pegging

January 6, 2017

Bank of England, EMIR, FX OTC, Switzerland, Trade repositories

Financial Stability Paper No. 41: Gauging market dynamics using trade repository data: the case of the Swiss franc de-pegging Olga Cielinska, Andreas Joseph, Ujwal Shreyas, John Tanner and Michalis Vasios…

ESMA consults on supervision fees for trade repositories under SFTR and EMIR

December 20, 2016

EMIR, ESMA, SFTR

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper on draft technical advice to the European Commission on formulating an EU Regulation on ESMA’s fees for Trade Repositories (TRs)…

ESMA recommends changes to EMIR framework

August 14, 2015

EMIR, ESMA

13/08/2015 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published four reports focused on how the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) framework has been functioning and providing input and recommendations…

Sovereigns and OTC Derivatives Clearing: the rules are a mess. We look at an excellent paper from BNYM.

July 12, 2012

Jonathan Cooper

Basel III, CCP, Collateral Management, Derivatives, Europe, Regulatory, Wrong Way Risk

Bank of New York Mellon, Basel III, CCP, collateral management, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, OTC derivatives, Regulations