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Benchmarks Regulation published in the Official Journal of EU

A&O Shearman on 5/28/2025

Regulation (EU) 2025/914 amending the EU Benchmarks Regulation has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The amending Regulation amends the scope of the rules for benchmarks...more

European Parliament plenary adopts amendments to Benchmarks Regulation

A&O Shearman on 5/15/2025

The European Parliament has confirmed it has adopted the regulation amending the Benchmark Regulation (for background, please see our update). The regulation will apply to benchmarks defined as critical or significant,...more

EU wholesale markets – EU Council adopts proposed EU Benchmarks Regulation amendments

Hogan Lovells on 4/16/2025

The EU has adopted a regulation amending the EU Benchmarks Regulation. The amendments relate primarily to: reducing the population of benchmarks within scope of the Benchmarks Regulation; introducing a new spot FX-related...more

EU Proposes Reducing Scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation

A&O Shearman on 11/6/2023

The European Commission has published a legislative proposal for reducing the scope of the EU Benchmark Regulation. The EU BMR provides the authorization and registration requirements for benchmark administrators, including...more

European Union’s Legislative Fix for the Cessation of LIBOR

McGuireWoods LLP on 2/16/2021

On February 13, 2021, the European Union’s (EU) amendments to the Benchmarks Regulation (2016/1011) (the Amended BMR) came into force, which provides a legislative fix for the cessation of LIBOR in legacy contracts. The...more

Securities and markets regulatory news, November 2020 # 3

Hogan Lovells on 11/23/2020

UK BMR: FCA approach to orderly wind down of LIBOR and consultation on Statements of Policy - The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a document on the Benchmarks Regulation (UK BMR) and proposed amendments under...more

Securities and markets regulatory news, July 2020 #4

Hogan Lovells on 7/29/2020

Brexit: ISDA updates FAQs - HM Treasury has published a policy statement explaining the government's reasons for extending the transitional period for third-country benchmarks under the retained EU law version of the...more

The Delta Report - Derivatives Newsletter - March 2019: A Brief Review of BMR Changes in the FCA Handbook

White & Case LLP on 4/2/2019

BMR continues to develop its impact in the different industry sectors that rely on benchmarks, e.g., derivatives, capital markets, banking, etc., as well domestic regulations. In this article, we do not look at a particular...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/5/2018

On second thought, Wall Street does have some questions about the specifics of the pause in the trade war that apparently emerged from the G-20 sidelines this weekend. And when Wall Street has questions—well, not a banner...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/27/2018

U.S. Financial Industry Developments - SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance Transparency and Oversight of Alternative Trading Systems - On July 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted to adopt amendments...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/29/2018

U.S. Financial Industry Developments - ISDA, AFME, ICMA, SIFMA and SIFMA AMG Publish Global Benchmark Report - The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Association of Financial Markets in Europe...more

CFTC Updates on Virtual Currency Regulation, Alternatives to Libor and Fallout From Brexit

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2018

In 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo made clear he will strive to improve, not abolish, many reforms the CFTC adopted to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s mandate for new...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/6/2017

RBS has agreed to pay $85 million to the CFTC to resolve allegations that its traders “manipulated the ISDAfix benchmark rate over a period of five years to benefit the bank’s derivatives positions”....more

Benchmarks: Agreement Reached on ECON Committee

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on 4/6/2015

On March 31, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) adopted its report on benchmarks. Key issues include: The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee backed a draft EU law to make the...more

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