Have you seen “At the Crossroads: CFTC and DOJ Enforcement“, our new video weekly series hosted by Mayer Brown partners Matthew F. Kluchenek and Glen A. Kopp? It’s a must-see!
Each episode, they will discuss a topic at the intersection of enforcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Department
Following enactment of Dodd-Frank, and resulting changes to the commodity pool definition, more investment vehicles may be commodity pools.
Join Mayer Brown partners Matt Kluchenek and Anna Pinedo for a discussion of the most recent changes to the commodity pool definition, including relief given in late 2020, and much more in Practising Law Institute (PLI)
It’s now almost three months since the 2020 ISDA IBOR Fallbacks Protocol (the “Protocol“) went live. In April, a US “legislative solution” became law for tough LIBOR legacy derivatives contracts governed by New York law, and in Germany the German Banking Association’s “Supplementary Agreement for IBOR Succession”, is gathering momentum.
In our latest,
Have you met Anna? Well actually, although experts in the market pronounce it Anna, it’s spelt “AANA”.
Annually, or perhaps “AANAually” since 2016, with the notable exception of 2020, the breadth of derivatives counterparties in-scope for posting initial margin under the global margin rules, has expanded.
Back in 2016, a “Phase 1” derivatives
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK regulator responsible, broadly, for market conduct made an announcement (the FCA LIBOR Announcement) on 5 March 2021, on the future cessation or loss of representativeness of all (35) LIBOR benchmarks.
Continue Reading What the FCA’s announced Index Cessation Event means for the 13,500+ adherents and other users of the 2020 ISDA IBOR Fallbacks Protocol and Fallbacks Supplement
At the end of 2020, ISDA surveyed its membership to identify its priorities for the growth of derivatives-related environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues. The membership answered that it expected growth in ESG derivatives and communicated a strong desire for documentation standardization.
Continue Reading ESG Derivatives – US Climate Finance Working Group
Who wants to see digitalisation of legal contracts? Well certainly the derivatives contingent of the financial services industry which is battling increasingly complex standard documentation, streams of regulatory re-papering projects, and the continuous need to put in place age-old favourites such as the ISDA Master Agreement. Let’s focus on the ISDA Master Agreement, the hugely successful framework document underpinning most OTC derivatives trading.
Continue Reading Digital Derivatives – ISDA Create