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  • CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight And Division Of Clearing And Risk Issue Joint No-Action Relief For Swaps Between Affiliated Counterparties From Certain Swap Reporting Requirements

    Date 06/04/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk (“Divisions”) today issued no-action relief for swaps entered into between affiliates of certain wholly-owned and majority-owned market participants from the requirement to report their intra-group swaps to a registered swap data repository (“SDR”), under parts 45, 46, and regulation 50.50(b) of the Commission’s regulations, subject to several conditions.

  • Standard & Poor's Ratings Services: Ratings On The United Kingdom Affirmed At 'AAA/A-1+' - Outlook Remains Negative

    Date 06/04/2013

    • The U.K. government continues to benefit from its exceptional monetary flexibility and its strong and tested institutions, in our opinion.
    • We believe that the government will implement its fiscal mandate and that it has the ability and willingness to respond rapidly to economic  challenges.
    • We are therefore affirming our 'AAA/A-1+' unsolicited sovereign credit ratings on the U.K.
    • The outlook remains negative, reflecting our view of at least a one-in-three chance that we could lower the ratings if the U.K.'s economic and fiscal performances were to weaken beyond our current expectations.

  • BATS 1000 Index Slides 1.3% This Week

    Date 06/04/2013

    BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) fell 229.40 points, or 1.3%, this week to close at 17,544.07 as ofthe 4 p.m. ET market close today. 

  • CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues No-Action Relief For End-Users From Certain Reporting And Recordkeeping Requirements Of The Trade Option Exemption

    Date 05/04/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a no-action letter stating that DMO will not recommend that the CFTC commence an enforcement action against an entity that is neither a swap dealer (SD) nor a major swap participant (MSP) (collectively, non-SD/MSP), including all end-users, for failing to report under Part 45 of the CFTC’s regulations, as applicable, commodity options otherwise qualifying for the Part 32 trade option exemption, provided that the non-SD/MSP (1) reports such transactions pursuant to Form TO and (2) notifies DMO if it transacts in excess of $1 billion notional value of trade options in any calendar year.

  • Southern African Central Bank And Finance Ministry Officials Discuss Macroprudential Approaches To Supervision Of Financial Systems In The Region

    Date 05/04/2013

    Central Bank and Finance Ministry officials from across Southern Africa met this week to discuss enhanced supervision to maintain the stability of the region’s financial systems. The officials, together with international experts in the field, took part in an April 1-4 seminar entitledMacroprudential Approach to Supervision, organized in Pretoria by the International Monetary Fund’s Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa (AFRITAC South) in collaboration with the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) College.

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