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Market officials will meet at a Financial Stability Board workshop next month to discuss the possibility of creating a global trade repository that will collate data from other regional repositories. The so-called “repository of repositories” will be pursued to solve fragmentation issues so that global financial regulators can access information being collected by TRs in other jurisdictions.
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Japan should sign memorandums of understanding with U.S. and European financial regulators in a bid to facilitate the sharing of information regarding important financial institutions, such as central counterparties, swap dealers and trade repositories.
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E.U. regulators are set to issue guidelines for payoffs in investment products, including structured products, after an amendment to Packaged Retail Investment Products legislation was passed by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Monday evening. -
Bloomberg has completed the first cleared bunched derivative trade via its swap execution facility. The firm has developed new SEF functionality for its clients ahead of a Nov. 1 deadline set by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for registered SEFs to complete onboarding documentation, including customer agreements.
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A potential mismatch could arise if Japan’s Financial Services Agency looks at using trust accounts for the segregation of client collateral when it implements the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives, according to market officials.
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Global consistency in over-the-counter derivatives legislation may not be possible, according to Steven Maijoor, chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority.
