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SGX says cross-margining key in battle for RMB futures market
Ability to cross-margin FX futures against equity portfolio offers savings
Japan FSA threshold for trade execution 'extremely high'
Only banks with ¥6tn in derivatives must trade swaps electronically
CCPs eager for first forex clearing mandate
CFTC proposal for NDF clearing could be published within weeks, CCPs say
Transaction tax means more compliance challenges for banks
EU push for FTT promises more work for bank op risk and compliance teams
US regulators urged to accept dealers' use of affiliates
Officials should leave non-guaranteed trades alone, says former SEC chair
Credit Suisse replaces Barclays as biggest swaps clearer
Dramatic growth in required swaps collateral at Swiss FCM
Esma clearing draft prompts new focus on frontloading
Dealers may push for get-out clauses in trades with smaller clients
US firms frustrated by EU clearing timeline
Deadline may not bite until December 2016 for most European firms
LEI body names chief executive for identifier push
Stephan Wolf will lead effort for global identifiers
Covered bonds get carve-out in draft EU clearing rules
Issuers pleased as Esma proposes exemption for covered bond hedges
Esma plan to boost matching rates leaves industry cool
Incomplete reports would be sent back to market participants
Irish regulator calls on policy-makers to replenish toolkit
Supervisors need level 1 intervention to fix Emir and Ucits
Questions remain over US CCP liquidity rules
CME has been waiting seven months for its liquidity plans to be approved
Esma still unable to access US repository data
Restriction could impact risk monitoring and liquidity definition
Esma derivatives definition hits CME futures volumes
Energy contracts dip as firms avoid European regulatory burdens
DTCC faces month-long matching backlog
Matching of inter-repository trades suffering long delays
Banks look to pass CCP investment losses to clients
End-users set to bear brunt of losses, say lawyers
Bloomberg Sef success leads to fee criticism
Rivals claim they are being undercut; others say company is obstructing agency trading
Eurex vs LCH.Clearnet: clash of the titans
German exchange woos big clearing members with promise of capital savings
KRX adds 16 foreign branches for mandated won IRS clearing
KRX set to receive no-action relief from the CFTC later today
SEC fears US banks still tied to non-guaranteed units
Agency powerless to address 'implicit guarantees' says chairman Mary Jo White
Default fund capital will halve under final rule, banks say
Clearing members welcome Basel's fifth – and final – version of charge
Fixing swaps privacy clash needs time – Canadian regulator
CFTC relief expires on June 30, but countries need more time to change laws
CCIL cleared forex forward volumes double following mandate
European banks start clearing in India despite no EU equivalency ruling