Tag: Prudential Regulators
Prudential Regulators to exempt QFC amends from Margin Rules
On 5 February the five US Prudential Regulators jointly issued a proposal to ensure that certain mandatory amendments to legacy contracts would not trigger their inclusion under the margin regime. The vast majority of jurisdictions contain anti-evasion measures in their margin rules, to the effect that material amendments to pre-margin, legacy trades will act to […]
US Prudential Regulators finalise non-cleared margin rules
Two of the US prudential regulators[1], the FDIC and the OCC, have voted to jointly adopt final rules regarding the exchange of initial and variation margin for uncleared swaps. The rules will apply to entities that are i) under the supervision of a prudential regulator ii) have registered with the CFTC or SEC as a […]