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Only a few financial firms that have signed up to the Hong Kong Trade Repository are submitting trade data, with the rest of the counterparties waiting until December when mandatory interim reporting is enforced. -
Pricing bilaterally traded over-the-counter derivative contracts that are entered into following the enforcement of the frontloading obligation under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation could result in market dislocation, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the British Bankers’ Association.
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The Korea Exchange is conducting research to determine which non-deliverable forward currency pairs, in addition to Korean won and U.S. dollar, the bourse’s central clearing counterparty will clear when the service starts in 2014.
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Should derivatives regulation differ between provinces in Canada, then it could result in market participants having to comply with rules in more than one province and disincentivize dealers from transacting with counterparties based in Canada, according to market participants. Regulators in Canada, however, are aiming for the provincial rules to be identical.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority has secured a delay to the deadline for the registration of the first trade repositories until Nov. 7 from Sept. 24. This means that counterparties will not be expected to report to trade repositories until Feb. 2014.
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Obtaining high-quality assets to use as collateral may be destructive to the markets in which they are being used and they’ll be costly to get hold of, according to Michael Clarke, managing director at Goldman Sachs.
