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The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has drafted a set of protocols to deal with margin call disputes, as promised in the July 2 Operations Management Group letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Comments on the protocols have been solicited through Aug. 7 so they can be finalized by Sept. 30.
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Dealers in Australia and New Zealand have agreed to standardize credit default swaps, following in the footsteps of North America by opting for two fixed coupons—100 and 500 basis points.
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Fuzzy language in the draft over-the-counter reform legislation revealed earlier today did little to quell concerns about the extent of forthcoming regulations, but there were some surprising nuggets in the concept paper.
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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and House Agricultural Committee Chairman Collin Peterson are set to discuss the final outline of the OTC reforms this morning at 11am EST. You can read the draft of the reforms, obtained by Derivatives Week, here.
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International airlines, which are heavy users of over-the-counter oil hedges, are bracing for the pending derivatives regulations in the U.S. and Europe. They see the possibility of higher hedging costs when the sector is already struggling.
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The U.S. Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. is using a color coding system that demarcates standardized over-the-counter trades from customized ones in its Deriv/SERV Trade Information Warehouse, and plans to reveal details of the non-standard trades in a few weeks time.
