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  • Statement Between The U.S. And Japanese Authorities To Facilitate U.S. FATCA Implementation

    Date 11/06/2013

    The Authorities of Japan (the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Finance and the National Tax Agency, etc.) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury have released the “Statement of Mutual Cooperation and Understanding between the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Authorities of Japan to Improve International Tax Compliance and to Facilitate Implementation of FATCA (the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of the United States)”.

  • CFTC Provides For Mutual Acceptance Of Approved Legal Entity Identifiers

    Date 11/06/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Amended Order expanding, through mutual acceptance by international regulators, the list of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) that can be used by registered entities and swap counterparties in complying with CFTC’s swap data reporting regulations. The Amended Order revises CFTC’s order of July 23, 2012, which directed all registered entities and swap counterparties required by CFTC rules to use LEIs in swap recordkeeping and swap data reporting to use LEIs—currently known as CFTC Interim Compliant Identifiers (CICIs)—provided by DTCC-SWIFT, the utility designated by the CFTC as the provider of LEIs until establishment of the global LEI system.

  • CFTC Announces That Mandatory Clearing For Category 2 Entities Begins Today

    Date 10/06/2013

    The second phase of required clearing for certain credit default swaps (CDS) and interest rate swaps begins today. Commodity pools, private funds, and persons predominantly engaged in activities that are in the business of banking, or in activities that are financial in nature, are included within the definition of Category 2 Entities. These entities are required to begin clearing swaps executed on or after June 10, 2013.

  • ESMA Seeks New Members For Its Securities Markets Stakeholders Group

    Date 10/06/2013

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is seeking new members for the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG), as the current members’ term expires at the end of 2013. The SMSG’s aim is to facilitate ESMA’s consultation on its work with relevant securities markets stakeholders from around the European Union (EU).

  • CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief To Banks Having Assets Of Less Than $10 Billion From The Board Approval Requirement Of The CEA And The End-User Exception To The Clearing Requirement

    Date 10/06/2013

    The Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today announced the issuance of a time-limited, no-action letter granting relief to banks, savings associations, farm credit system institutions, and credit unions having assets of less than $10 billion (Small Banks), which are issuers of securities, from the board approval requirements of section 2(j) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission regulation 50.50, subject to certain conditions.