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  • The Danish Presidency of the E.U. has introduced an explicit waiver for non-equity derivatives in the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation.
  • New broad regulations in Australia dealing with the establishment of onshore clearing and settlement providers could dictate how an over-the-counter derivatives clearinghouse operates in the country, according to lawyers.
  • A push to internationalize the master agreement developed by China’s National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (DI, 11/23/11) is facing opposition within the regulatory system as well as from the industry, according to lawyers who track the issue.
  • The Federal Open Market Committee Thursday announced that the Federal Reserve would begin purchasing $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities a month, commencing its third bond-buying program to jump-start the struggling economy. But the market was left guessing as to how long QE3 is intended to last.
  • The London interbank offered rate is economically relevant and necessary for the functioning of the over-the-counter derivatives market, and any discontinuation of the benchmark process could result in systemic risk and market dislocation, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.
  • South Korean politicians have again pushed back the passing of key amendments to the nation’s main financial markets act, this time to October, threatening the country’s commitment to implement its central clearinghouse by year-end.