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Clifford Chance, in conjunction with the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), has conducted a survey of eight key Asian jurisdictions to obtain an overview of the insolvency regimes and resolution powers available in relation...

On 15 March 2013 several key technical standards came into force, setting in motion the implementation timetable for the derivatives reforms under the EU regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). As a result some of...

International regulators have now published a ‘near-final’ policy framework setting minimum standards for margin requirements for uncleared derivatives. “Margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives - Second consultative document”...

The European Parliament has removed the last obstacle to the EU derivatives reforms, setting in motion an implementation timetable beginning in mid-March 2013. On 7 February, the proposers withdrew the motion for the European Parliament to object to two regulatory...

On 19 December 2012, the European Commission adopted key technical standards under the EU regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR), starting the countdown towards implementation of the EU derivatives reforms. These come...

The CFTC, the SEC and prudential regulators in the United States have made significant progress on the detailed rules to implement the swap market reforms contained in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The principal changes are in...

Both the EU and the US have now adopted the primary legislation which aims to fulfil the G20 commitments that all standardised over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives should be cleared through central counterparties (CCPs) by end 2012 and that OTC derivatives contracts...

Proposed European and US legislation will have a significant impact on the OTC derivatives market. Journalist Brian Thompson listens to Clifford Chance specialists identify the key challenges and discuss the likely outcomes.

The European Commission has now published its formal legislative proposals for a new Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and a new Market Abuse Directive (MAD2) to replace the 2003 Market Abuse Directive (MAD). The new Regulation seeks to create a single, directly...

A new Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) will impose for the first time EU-wide rules on insider dealing and market manipulation for wholesale electricity and natural gas markets (including derivatives), based on the existing Market...