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MFA and AIMA Submit Joint Letter on CPSS-IOSCO Consultative Report on Financial Market Infrastructure Recovery10.11.13

MFA and AIMA submitted a joint letter to the Committee of Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the International Organisation […]

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Topics: AIMA Alternative Investment Management Association, IOSCO, International Organization of Securities Commissions, Bank for International Settlements, Bank for International Settlements Committee on Payments, consultation paper, market infrastructures, central counterparty, CCP, clearing, exchange-traded, exchange-traded derivatives, over-the-counter derivatives, OTC derivatives, prudential regulators, mandatory clearing, collateral, clearing member, systemically important financial market infrastructure, transparency, regulatory framework, risk management, EMIR, default, Unwind, ex ante measures, orderly liquidation, haircuts, G20, variation margin, financial system, market participants, risk committees, default management committees, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ESMA, European Securities and Markets Authority, European Union, trading venues, liquidity, shareholders, margin, title transfer collateral arrangements, security arragements, competition, sell-side firms, systemic risk, bail-in, default waterfall, margin haircut, initial margin, bankruptcy, Dodd-Frank Act, Security-Based Swap Dealer, majory security-based swap participant, capital requirements, broker-dealer, hedge, buy-side firms, physical commodity, uncleared derivative, portfolio, mark-to-market, contagion, stress-testing methodologies, financial stability, trading volume, conflict of interest, security-based swap execution facility, security-based swap clearing agencies,

MFA Submits Comments on Basel-IOSCO Second Consultative Document on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Derivatives03.15.13

MFA submitted a comment letter to the Working Group on Margining Requirements (WGMR) of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision […]

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Topics: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision International Organization of Securities Commissions, margin, margin requirements, non-centrally cleared derivatives transactions, Working Group on Margining Requirements, consultation paper, market participants, financial system, bilateral exchange, bilateral exchange of initial margin, bilateral exchange of variation margin, initial margin, variation margin, risk management, customized risk management tools, international harmonization of regulations, derivatives, physically-settling forwards, re-hypothecation, Counterparty, systemically-important non-financial entities, quantitative impact study, collateral, efficiency, master netting agreements, financial instruments, liquidity, counterparty credit risk, regulatory arbitrage, mark-to-market, banks, foreign exchange transactions, U.S. dollar, Euro, emerging market, credit derivatives, haircuts, hedging, Dodd-Frank Act, segregation, receiving party, risk, margining, central clearing, clearing, swap dealer, major swap participants, third-party custody arrangement, MF Global Inc., systemic risk, Risk Profiles, customer replicability, transparency, Broker, assets, commodities, asset class, netting, regulatory regime, diversification, netting agreements,

MFA Submits Letter to SEC on Proposed Capital, Margin, and Segregation Rules02.22.13

MFA submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its proposed rules on “Capital, Margin, and […]

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Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, margin, capital, segregation, Security-Based Swap Dealer, Major Security-Based Swap Participant, capital requirements, broker-dealer, risk, security-based swaps, customer collateral, Dodd-Frank Act, CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Private Funds Managers, Investor Protection, regulation, international regulatory standards, efficiency, capital formation, liquidity, collateral, margin requirements, market participants, variation margin, netting, margining, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, FINRA, international harmonization of regulations, regulatory arbitrage, federal register, bilateral exchange of variation margin, best practices, counterparty risk, systemic risk, risk management, portfolio margining, securities, cross-product master netting agreements, initial margin, financial system, asset class, counterparties, prudential regulators, leverage, derivatives, tri-party custodial arrangements, customer protection, omnibus segregation, default, fellow customer risk, legal segregation with operation commingling, LSOC, swap dealers, Major Swap Participant, Individual Segregation, buy-side firms, non-commercial end-users, hedge funds, credit risk, capital inefficiency, transparency, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, International Organization of Securities Commissions, IOSCO, Working Group on Margining Requirements, central clearing, compliance, registered clearing agencies, mandatory clearing, compliance date, two-way margining, reform, collateral management, asymmetrical initial margin exchange, pension, endowments, university endowment, financial crisis, "too big to fail, too interconnected to fail, American International Group, AIG, House Committee on Financial Services, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board, 111th Congress, financial contagion, financial institutions, asymmetry, portfolio reconciliation, portfolio compression, Swap Trading Relationship Documentation, swap dealer, collateral management stystems, trading costs, complexity, settlement risk, credit default swap, CDS, OTC derivatives, forwards, repurchase agreements, Value at Risk, VaR, financial instrument, cross-margining, Options Clearing Corporation, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., New York Portfolio Clearing LLC, LCH.Clearnet Ltd., customer replicability, proprietary information, reconciliation, market risk, haircuts, Cash Flow, pro-cyclical effects, creditworthiness, multiplier, customized risk management tools, sell-side firms, liquidation time horizon, product type, market practice, ISDA, U.S. dollar, settlement, money market instruments, eligible collateral, capital charge, Lehman Brothers, bankruptcy, bankruptcy estate, third-party custody arrangement, enhanced protections, Notice of Exclusive Control, Investment Company Institute, ICI, White Paper, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, SIFMA, liquidation, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, tentative net capital, dealers, Eric Chern, Chicago Trading Company, \, operational risk, Security-Based Swap Transactions, Darrell Duffie, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report No. 424, ICE Clear Europe Limited, segregation model, DCO, derivatives clearing organization, portability, insolvency, out-of-the-money, operational and legal commingling, default segregation model, MF Global Inc., Peregrine Financial Group, Fraud, investment risk, Russell Wasendorf, accounting, operational costs, Broker, Dealer, ISDA Margin Survey 2012, European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, central counterparty, CCP, trade repositories, commodity broker, Bart Chilton, Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, Robert Wasserman, independent third party custodian, state bank regulator, state and federal laws,

MFA Submits Comments on Hong Kong Consultation on Electronic Trading09.23.12

On September 23, MFA submitted comments to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on its consultation paper on the […]

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Topics: Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, electronic trading, regulatory framework, competition, institutional investors, retail investors, investment strategies, market participants, regulatory requirements, intermediaries, end-users, Fund Managers, exchange, market centers, risk, market disruption, financial risk, financial system, connectivity services, internet trading, direct market access, DMA, algorithmic trading, exchange-traded securities, futures contracts, direct exchange member, service providers, Mary Schapiro, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, computer trading, risk management, Elizabeth Murphy, technology, record keeping, electronic trading system, compliance, due diligence, security, erroneous trades, hedge funds, naked sponsored access, automated pre-trade control, risk management technology, risk management control, manipulative conduct, abusive practices, order instructions, transaction, information barrier, market connectivity intermediaries, minimum client requirement, overseas securities dealer, overseas futures dealer, dealers, futures, warranties, algorithmic trading system, test facility, designated principal, kill-switch, trading malfunction, Third Party Service Providers, electronic trading technology,

MFA and AIMA Submit Comments to CFTC on Cross-Border Guidance08.28.12

MFA and AIMA jointly submitted a comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) on its “Proposed Interpretive Guidance […]

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Topics: CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission, interpretive guidance, swaps, Alternative Investment Management Association, AIMA, financial crisis, over-the-counter derivatives, OTC derivatives, OTC derivatives market, hedge fund industry, fund of funds, hedge fund managers, prime brokers, hedge fund administrator, market participants, non-U.S. market participants, regulatory requirements, commodity pool, pooled accounts, collective investment vehicles, non-U.S. investment fund, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, international harmonization of regulations, regulatory framework, duplicative regulation, transaction cost, compliance costs, U.S. person, non-U.S. persons, derivatives, derivatives markets, Corporation, partnership, limited liability companies, joint-stock company, fund, pension plans, estate, Trust, income tax, Jill Sommers, Scott O'Malia, cost-benefit analysis, market impact, third country, European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA, direct or indirect ownership, Look Through, shareholders, listed entity, foreign banks, banks, dealers, commodity pool operator, CPO, Form CPO-PQR, financial stability, financial system, chief compliance officer, risk management, swap data recordkeeping, swap data reporting, commodity swaps, clearing, swaps processing, margining, segregation, uncleared swaps, execution, portfolio reconciliation, real-time public reporting, trade confirmations, Business Conduct Standards, qualified eligible person, accredited investors, general partnerships, registration, CPO registration requirements, counterparties, swap dealer, major swap participants, MSPs, swap data repository, sell-side firms, buy-side firms, entity-level requirement, reporting party, comment letter, transaction-level requirements, majority ownership, G20, G20 commitments, substituted compliance, transparency, Policy Makers, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Securities and Futures Commission, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore, International Organization of Securities Commissions, IOSCO, Department of the Treasury, natural person, foreign entity, Dealer, fiduciary, International Monetary Fund, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, United Nations,

MFA Submits Letter to ESMA on Straight-Through-Processing08.05.12

On August 5, MFA submitted a comment letter to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to advocate for the […]

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Topics: ESMA European Securities and Markets Authority, OTC derivatives, CCP, trade repositories, straight-through processing, regulatory technical standards, EMIR, over-the-counter derivatives, derivatives, European Parliament, Council of the European Union, OTC derivatives transactions, central counterparty, systemic risk, counterparty credit risk, credit risk, market access, efficiency, operational market processes, clearing, execution, executing counterparty, market participants, clearing obligation, documentation, clearing member, interest rate swap, credit default swap, CDS, CME, Chicago mercantile exchange, alternative liquidity providers, liquidity, risk, electronic trading, bilateral derivatives transactions, bilateral master agreements, risk management, real-time processing, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, Designated Contract Market, DCM, Swap Execution Facility, SEF, execution platform, Allocations, cost-benefit analysis, European Union, EU, ESMA Task Forces, transparency, OTC Derivatives Task Force, CCP Requirements Task Force, Trade Repositories Task Force, derivatives transactions, international harmonization of regulations, Financial Stability Board, FSB, European Commission, delegated acts, customer clearing documentation, directive, due diligence, operational risk, Court of Justice of the European Union, Continental Cans, EU Member State, Commission v. Council ERTA, financial stability, Christopher Seagon v. Deko Marty Belgium NV, clearing agreement, financial system, United States, Dodd-Frank Act, real-time acceptance, competition, settlement, liquidity fragmentation, central limit order books, International Swaps and Dealers Association, ISDA, bid-ask spread, limit check, trading venues, credit intermediation, derivatives markets, bilateral risk management, volatility, derivatives clearing organization, DCO, swap dealer, Major Swap Participant, dealer-to-dealer clearing, dealer-to-customer platforms, mandatory clearing, clearinghouse, bilateral credit agreement, bilateral market, competitive liquidity, block transactions, investment managers, breakage, Futures Industry Association, FIA, trading desk, anti-competitive effects, ICE energy swaps, ICE Clear Credit LLC, LCH Clearnet, clearing acceptance process, trilateral documentation, designation notice, Managed Funds Association, bundled trade, futures, futures market, credit limit order bookc, credit limit, interconnectedness, dealers, real economy, pension fund, endowments, institutional investors, Liquidity Providers, trilateral clearing agreements, energy derivatives, technical standards, voice execution, matched transactions, direct clearing members, credit limits, risk-based, latency, transaction capture facility, anti-competitive restrictions, aggregate limit, underlying clients,

Comment Letter to the CFTC on Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants with Counterparties02.22.11

MFA submitted a comment letter to the CFTC on its proposal on Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major […]

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Topics: Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC, Business Conduct Standards, swap dealers, SDs, major swap participants, MSPs, counterparties, risk, transparency, market integrity, financial system, market making, pricing practices, sales practices, default risk, market realities, capital requirements, margin requirements, Diligent Supervision, suitability recommendation, Qualified Representative, counterparty duties, futures market, derivatives market, know your counterparty, scenario analysis, daily mark requirement, endowments, employee benefit plans, government entities, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, dealers, non-dealers, sell-side functions, buy-side functions, portfolio, asset class, financial end user, execution obligations, open trading marketplace, National Futures Association, NFA, futures commission merchants, FCMs, arm's-length basis, EBC I Inc. v. Goldman Sachs & Co, Disclosure, diligence, recommendation, interdependency, daily marks, uncleared swaps, high risk complex bilateral swaps, high risk bilateral swap, moral hazard, state agency, employee benefit plan, governmental plan, endowment, investment strategy, offsetting public benefit, prohibited transaction rules, special entity, non-special entity investors, qualified professional asset manager, in-house asset manager, Blanche Lincoln.,

Comment Letter Responding to the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Advance Notice and Request for Comment on the Criteria for Designating a Nonbank Financial Company as Systemically Important.11.05.10

MFA submitted a comment letter to the Financial Stability Oversight Council in response to the Councils advance notice and request […]

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Topics: Systemically Important Institutions Financial Stability Oversight Council, FSOC, Nonbank Financial Company, Systemically Important Financial Companies, market participants, Systemic Risk Monitoring, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Systemically Relevant Firms, Congress, "too big to fail, U.S. Financial Stability, hedge funds, Financial Market Participants, counterparty risk management, banks, broker-dealer, hedge fund industry, collateral, Borrowing, counterparties, capital markets, financial system, global mutual fund industry, U.S. Banking Industry, systemic risk, assets under management, leverage, Colombia University, Investment Company Institute, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, BofA Merrill Lynch, risk monitoring, due diligence, Collateral Posting, credit exposure, Structure of the Industry, Financial Assets, investment portfolio, sophisticated investors, ultra-high net worth individuals, retail investors, diversified portfolio, Liquidity Restrictions, Periods of Redemption, Redemptions, gates, Side Pocket Vehicles, Highly Illiquid Assets, alignment of interests, performance fees, high water marks, risk-adjusted returns, Legally Distinct Funds, Common Adviser, financial institutions, insurance companies, Long Term Capital Managment, LTCM, Position Size, Inadequate Counterparty Risk, leverage ratio, OTC Derivatives Trades, OTC, Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group, Fed Chairman Bernanke, Securities Exchange Commission, SEC, regulatory regime, over-the-counter derivatives, Standardized Transactions, swap dealers, major swap participants, CFTC, Cleared Transaction, Uncleared Transaction, margin requirements, prime brokerage, Short-Term Funding, overnight borrowing, asset mix, off-balance sheet exposures, bank holding companies, Equity Capital Stability, FDIC, FDIC deposit insurance, Debt Guarantees, Government-Issed Charter, Government-Funded Capital, Troubled Asset Relief Program, TARP, Federal Reserve's Discount Window,

MFA Comment Letters

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