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  • A taskforce within a subcommittee of the American Bar Association will likely stop short of suggesting that the Securities and Exchange Commission impose position limits on mutual funds’ use of over-the-counter derivatives.
  • U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has scrapped the financial reform package he introduced Nov. 10 (DW, 11/10) and assigned committee members Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) to write new legislative language targeting over-the-counter derivatives.
  • Competition to clear over-the-counter derivatives will likely be the main theme of 2010, as providers actually fire up operations.
  • Relationships between foreign banks and their Chinese counterparts appear to be warming up.
  • Counterparty risk fears were somewhat allayed in 2009, after a tumultuous 2008, but the issue continues to be a top priority for sellside and buyside firms.
  • Hedge funds and corporates are preparing themselves for a European Commission mandate raising capital charges for over-the-counter derivatives and forcing more capital to be set aside for non-cleared trades.