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US and EU tackle CCP continuity
11 February 2016 Washington DC
Reporter: Drew Nicol

European and US central counterparties will soon be able to operate in both markets with full regulatory compliance after a common approach was agreed...

ESMA to cooperate on non-EU CCPs
12 January 2016 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established agreements with Canadian and Swiss regulators to cooperate regarding CCPs that have applied for EU recognition under EMIR...

EU swap clearing rules set for June 2016
07 December 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Swap clearing obligations for OTC derivatives in the European Union will come in to force on 21 June 2016, ESMA has announced...

CCPs must retain flexibility, says WFE
04 November 2015 Doha
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Overly prescriptive regulation could cause unnecessary constraint to CCPs, and could lead to more risk in the central clearing marketplace, according to a new report from the World Federation of Exchanges...

Celent predicts remodelling of post-trade landscape
22 October 2015 Boston
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Regulatory upheaval and new market initiatives are set to “fundamentally alter” the post-trade industry in Europe, according to a Celent report, commissioned by Nasdaq...

ESMA proposes big changes to EMIR
14 August 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published new advice on changes to the European Markets and Infrastructure Regime...

Moody’s offers CCP ratings
24 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Moody’s has proposed a global methodology for rating central counterparties (CCPs) and invited market participants to provide feedback...

Six-months' grace on CCP exposure rules
05 June 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

The European Commission has extended the transitional period for banks implementing the capital requirements for exposure to CCPs for another six months...

Alignment and stress-testing key to CCPs, says DTCC
01 June 2015 New York
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

CCPs should be aligning management and clearing members and implementing standardised stress-testing, according to a new white paper by DTCC...

ESMA approves APAC clearing houses
30 April 2015 Brussels
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

ESMA has recognised ten third-party CCPs in the APAC region, allowing them to provide clearing services to members or trading venues in the EU...

SocGen ups the Tempo on collateral management
22 April 2015 Paris
Reporter: Stephanie Palmer

Societe Generale has unveiled Tempo, its collateral management outsourcing system for buy- and sell-side market participants...

LCH.Clearnet opens Australian dollar account with RBA
21 April 2015 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Central counterparty (CCP) LCH.Clearnet has established new deposit and liquidity facilities with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)...