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  • European Commission - Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis' Press Statement With The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

    Date 13/10/2017

    Good morning everybody.

    First of all, I would like to thank Chairman Giancarlo for the warm welcome.

    The European Commission has a close and constructive cooperation with the CFTC. And we are determined to keep up this up in the future.

  • CFTC Comparability Determination On EU Margin Requirements And A Common Approach On Trading Venues

    Date 13/10/2017

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced determinations by the CFTC and the European Commission (EC) on comparability and equivalence of margin requirements for uncleared swaps, as well as a common approach regarding certain CFTC and European Union (EU) authorized derivatives trading venues. These announcements follow extensive cooperation between the staffs of the CFTC and the EC and reflect the CFTC’s ongoing commitment to international collaboration and comity.

  • U.S. Faster Payments Governance Framework Formation Team Announced

    Date 13/10/2017

    The Federal Reserve, on behalf of the Governance Framework Formation Team, announced the 27 members of the collaborative industry short-term work group that will focus on developing a governance framework for faster payments in the United States. The work group, originally called the interim collaboration work group, was established by the Faster Payments Task Force and described in a recommendation in its July 21 final report titled, "The U.S. Path to Faster Payments."

  • FIA September 2017 SEF Tracker

    Date 13/10/2017

    Total trading volume on swap execution facilities averaged $685.7 billion in notional value per day during the month of September, up 51.1% from the previous month and up 41.3% from September 2016. The increase was driven by a surge in the volume of interest rate swaps traded on SEFs, which rose to $306.9 billion per day, the highest since March. In addition, trading activity in credit default swaps hit a near-record level of $50.6 billion per day during the month of September, mainly due to the biannual roll into new indices.

  • Updating And Improving EMIR – Europex Comments On Commission’s EMIR Amendment Proposal

    Date 13/10/2017

    Europex welcomes the European Commission’s recently tabled EMIR amendment proposal that is currently being discussed by the European Parliament and the Council. We strongly support its aim to simplify reporting obligations and improve data quality. We believe that the proposal takes the right approach by reducing the burden on Non- Financial Counterparties (NFCs) and smaller Financial Counterparties (FCs). We explicitly share the goal to increase transparency with respect to clearing and reporting.