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The American Bar Association's Task Force on Investment Company Use of Derivatives and Leverage's review of derivative use by mutual funds was just beginning to take shape, as officials said they'd be focusing on the legislative framework, disclosure requirements and board oversight. [The task force released the results of that review last month, advocating that segregation amounts be based on the riskiness of a particular derivative, not just the notional (DW, 7/12). They also advocated that new rules be principle-based, allowing individual funds to create rules that would be approved by regulators.]
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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the International Islamic Financial Market will release in the next four to six weeks drafts of pro forma confirmation documents for Shariah-compliant currency swaps and profit rate swaps.
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is perhaps the most far-reaching overhaul of the U.S. financial oversight regime since the 1930's.
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Goldman Sachs is making a retail and high-net-worth structured products push in Asia. -
Banning flash orders in the options market could cause another flash crash, a Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association committee has warned.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission should make sure to take into account collateralization when setting the threshold for who counts as a major swap participant, according to Philip McBride Johnson, of counsel with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and a former head of the CFTC.
