EU snub to clearing carve-out hurts optimisation efforts
Forcing firms to clear risk-reducing trades would squeeze collateral and potentially hike liquidity risk, dealers warn
Derivatives dealers were confident a regulatory exemption for so-called optimisation trades would drive smoothly through the European Union’s legislative process. But now lawmakers appear to have slashed the tyres.
The European Commission (EC) released proposals on December 7 altering the EU’s regime for central clearing, known as the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, or Emir. Missing
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