The latest revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (known as EMIR 3)1 brought about numerous changes affecting cleared markets, with potential impacts both within and outside the EU. Among these is the...more
Of the many aims of the EU’s latest revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the most controversial and intensely debated is mandating clearing at EU CCPs. Since Brexit, the EU has been concerned...more
The Council of the European Union and European Parliament have reached provisional political agreement on the latest revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, publishing on February 14, 2024, the agreed text...more
U.K. EMIR (the onshored European Market Infrastructure Regulation) generally requires the clearing at a central counterparty of all interest rate swaps and credit default swaps. As announced earlier this year, HM Treasury has...more
The European Commission published proposals to amend the EU’s European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) in December 2022 (EMIR 3). According to the Commission, some of these measures are aimed at improving the...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has opened a consultation in which it proposes to amend the requirements on EU CCPs relating to an additional charge related to the procyclicality of margin. Responses to the...more
The European Union’s financial regulatory regime for third-country access in many sectors relies on a framework of “equivalence,” whereby institutions based in approved non-EU countries with similar standards may have varying...more
10/22/2020
/ EIOPA ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
FinTech ,
MiFID II ,
MiFIR ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The EU proposals to amend technical aspects of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), known colloquially as ‘EMIR 2.1’ or ‘EMIR Refit’, have been politically agreed. The final text is likely to be published in...more
4/3/2019
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Alternative Investment Funds ,
Amended Regulation ,
Counterparties ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
ISDA ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Third Country Entities (TCEs) ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK Brexit
Many EU and U.K. financial institutions have been waiting with bated breath for (and commencing their contingency plans without) a clear picture of what post-Brexit U.K.-EU financial services will look like. In this note we...more
8/21/2018
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EMIR ,
EU ,
EU Passport ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HM Treasury ,
Senior Management Regime (SMR) ,
Short Selling ,
Third Country Entities (TCEs) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The European Commission has adopted an “equivalence” decision on the derivatives regulatory regimes for derivatives clearing organisations in the United States. This follows the decisions adopted in November 2015 for Canada,...more