This Quarterly Report is produced by the Market Practice and Regulatory Policy team at ICMA.
It outlines developments in the main areas in which the Association is currently engaged namely: response to the financial crisis, sovereign bond markets, short-term markets, primary markets, secondary markets, asset management and market infrastructure.
Source: ICMA
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Posted on January 13th, 2013
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Basel III’s counterparty credit risk rules and the interim framework for bank exposures to central counterparties (CCPs). To promote consistent global implementation of those requirements, the Committee has agreed to periodically review frequently asked questions and publish answers along with [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2013
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published the finalised Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on 7 January 2013. The finalised LCR is less onerous than the original formulation published in December 2010 and should therefore be welcomed by banks. This briefing outlines the main amendments to the LCR and considers their effect.
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Posted on January 13th, 2013
On July 12, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) published for public comment, pursuant to section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’), a proposed order (‘‘Proposed Order’’) that would grant market participants temporary conditional relief from certain provisions of the CEA, as amended by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank [...]
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