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  • COGESI Workshop On Collateral Eligibility Requirements - Speech By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The European Central Bank

    Date 15/07/2013

    Ladies and gentlemen,

    It is a privilege for me to say a few words at this occasion, when we present the report on collateral eligibility requirements. The work conducted by the “ ECB Contact Group on Euro Securities Infrastructures” – known simply as COGESI - together with members of the ECB Money Market Contact Group has been remarkable.

  • MarketAxess Files Swap Execution Facility Application With CFTC

    Date 15/07/2013

    MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, filed its application onFriday July 12, 2013 to become a swap execution facility (SEF) under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Dodd-Frank Act.

  • European Central Bank Publishes Study Comparing Collateral Eligibility Requirements

    Date 15/07/2013

    The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a report entitled Collateral eligibility requirements: a comparative study across specific frameworks today. The report provides a comparison of the rules for the eligibility of collateral. The comparison covers (i) the collateral policies followed by different central banks (including European central banks, as well as the central banks of the United States and Japan), (ii) the regulatory frameworks in place and (iii) the practices of central counterparties (CCPs). The report, which was prepared by the ECB’s Contact Group on Euro Securities Infrastructures (COGESI) in cooperation with the ECB’s Money Market Contact Group (MMCG), is aimed at improving transparency by highlighting the differences between, and similarities in, the collateral requirements faced by the financial industry.

  • CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Request From CME Group To Issue Market Regulation Advisory Notice Regarding CME Rule 534 (“Wash Trades Prohibited”)

    Date 15/07/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc., New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., Commodity Exchange, Inc., and Kansas City Board of Trade, Inc., for approval of CME Group Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA1308-5 submitted pursuant to section 40.5 of the CFTC’s regulations.

  • Opening Statement Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler: Open Meeting To Consider Cross-Border Guidance And Exemptive Order

    Date 15/07/2013

    I want to call to order and welcome everyone to this public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission – our 30th such public meeting to consider adopting measures to implement the swaps reforms of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. I want to thank my fellow Commissioners, Bart Chilton, Scott O’Malia, and Mark Wetjen, for their efforts and contributions in working on and reviewing the documents we will consider today. And I also want to recognize the efforts and contributions of Commissioner Jill Somers who, though no longer with the Commission as of this past Monday, has played such a significant role in the Commission’s Dodd-Frank swap reform efforts over the past several years. Finally, I want to express my thanks and appreciation to the Commission staff that has devoted their efforts, long hours, holidays, and weekends, towards preparing the documents the Commission will consider at this public meeting.