On September 26, the “Prudential Regulators,” which are, collectively, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, re-opened the public comment period for Proposed Rules that were issued last year that, when adopted, will establish capital and uncleared swaps margin collection requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants (Proposed Rules). Comments in response to the Proposed Rules are due on November 26. Market participants who are concerned about the amount of the initial and variation margin they would be required to collect or post, as well as the type of collateral that could be used to satisfy these requirements, should take this opportunity to comment, or reinforce their prior comments, on the Proposed Rules.
The re-opening of the public comment period for the Proposed Rules is intended to allow market participants more time to “analyze the issues and prepare their comments” in light of a consultative document on uncleared swaps margin requirements published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions earlier this year (the IOSCO Report). The IOSCO Report recommends the development of consistent global standards for uncleared swaps margin requirements for consideration by members of the G-20. Comments in response to the IOSCO Report were due on September 28.
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