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  • Fragmented central clearing in Asia could hit bid/ask spreads and liquidity of cleared over-the-counter derivatives if dealers and end-users are forced to join a number of separate national clearinghouses.
  • From 1 April 2013, a new financial regulation framework took effect in the U.K. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the Bank of England is to have overall responsibility for financial stability and a new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England is being created. However, the Financial Services Act 2012 does more than just give effect to these regulatory reforms.
  • The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued a consultation paper on its proposed Principles for Financial Benchmarks noting that compilation, distribution and governance for financial benchmarks should be undertaken by an administrator.
  • Margin requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions could force traders to choose less effective means of hedging or to leave the underlying risks unhedged entirely, rather than raising or diverting funds to comply.
  • Foreign synthetic exchange-traded fund providers will not be allowed to directly list or market their ETFs in South Korea’s soon-to-be-launched synthetic market.
  • Presented by Peter Hodgins (Partner) and Vasilis Katsipis (GM, Market Development) at Am Best, at The World Takaful Conference