European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma)
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
Trade of the month: Risk assessment
The readiness of market community in Europe to report to trade repositories
Sponsored video Q&A: DTCC
Frontloading fears remain despite Esma guidance
Uncertainty has been narrowed by Esma Q&A, but dealers say they will still face pricing headaches
Esma: No 90-day reporting delay for post-Emir trades
News will "come as a surprise" to market participants - and also the UK's FCA, which has misinterpreted Esma rules on its website
Europe looking 'dysfunctional and extreme' over Esma equivalency procedure
No guarantee of equivalence being granted to Asian clearing houses
Iosco outlines concerns over Esma assessment of Asian CCPs
Ashley Alder says European cross-border CCP regulation is not relevant to Asian markets
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Futures data will be useless to regulators without reporting delay, Esma warns
Esma responds to EC's 'intended rejection' of one-year postponement
Mandatory clearing in Korea slated for June 2014
Korea confident of achieving recognition from Europe and is readying to apply for similar status from the US
FX market faces challenges to meet Emir start date for trade reporting
Mandatory trade reporting for all asset classes will begin on February 12, but the forex industry is still grappling with the challenges of dual reporting
Timing tension – Europe clearing deadline set to slip
Mandatory clearing in Europe is widely expected to start from next year, but the complex authorisation process, combined with the variety of collateral segregation models, means the start date for some clients could be much later. Tom Osborn reports
Start of EU clearing mandate could drag into 2015
Nick Sawyer, editor-in-chief of Risk, and Risk staff writer Tom Osborn discuss the timeline for clearing in Europe, and the tensions this could create with other regulators
CCP frontloading: the pricing nightmare
The pricing nightmare
Asia OTC markets at risk from lack of global CCP framework
HKMA concerned over the development of cross-border equivalence regulation
Clearing in Europe won’t bite until 2015, banks expect
CFTC's Chilton says "continuing to kick the can down the road is just not acceptable", as expectations grow that Europe will miss 2014 start date
Asic hopeful of receiving substituted compliance from CFTC
Australian securities regulator positive about receiving US approval for the domestic regulatory regime
7IM: stock lending 'a murky world'
Seven wonders
Hong Kong lags on Esma equivalence
Esma unable to grant equivalence on Hong Kong's OTC clearing regime as framework is not yet in place
Emir reporting questions pile up for corporates
Happy to report?
Structured products sales to rise 8% in 2013, Esma predicts
In its report on EU market trends for the second quarter, Esma says sales of equity-linked retail structured products are up this year, while demand for interest rate-linked products has plummeted
Futures reporting delay 'will not take place', says EC's Pearson
Industry had been banking on one-year postponement - Esma now looking for solution to reporting impasse, according to senior EC official
ECB’s Russo: indirect clearing model needs work
Clarification call on capital charges that apply to indirect clearing
High-touch hedge fund model could be salvation of industry
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