European securities and markets authority (esma)
Esma dismisses Prospectus Directive criticism
Issuers say investors will not benefit from amendments to the EC's Prospectus Directive, but Esma maintains the new requirements serve a purpose
Esma and EBA publish Euribor recommendations; Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches lower-rated bond index; S%P Down Jones Indices launches real estate proxy
Trades will not become subject to initial margin rules part-way through their life, rule-making body tells Risk
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Lack of inflation clearing could hit LDI community
Offsets in liability-driven investment portfolios would be eliminated if firms choose to clear interest rate hedges – potentially forcing them away from inflation swaps. By Nick Sawyer
Segregation clash could stop European firms using US CCPs
Some European buy-side firms will have to clear indirectly – through a local clearing member linked to a US counterpart – in order to access clearing houses in the US. But US clearing members cannot comply with European rules on asset protection –...
OTC Derivatives Clearing Summit Europe: EU clearing mandates unlikely...
The first clearing mandates are unlikely to be in place in Europe before August 2013, says Bank of England’s head of payments and infrastructure division
EU short-selling ban hits liquidity, hikes uncertainty
Liquidity drained from the sovereign CDS market before the ban took hold this morning – and market-makers are still unsure what they can and cannot do
Rule changes make it harder for small firms to use CCPs - Risk.net poll...
Esma's decision to make indirect clearing an optional service could leave smaller firms without clearing access, according to a poll of Risk.net readers
Indirect clearing: The capital conundrum
Draft European Securities and Markets Authority rules on indirect clearing caused uproar when they appeared in June. The regulator removed the most controversial elements in its final text, but dealers are still in the dark about the capital treatment...
Final Esma clearing rules too rigid, CCPs say
Regulator has not given clearing houses enough freedom to calculate margin requirements, critics say - and Europe's CCPs may have to charge more for futures than their US rivals
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