Autorité des Marches Financiers

On April 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to take two actions in the implementation of security-based swap regulation under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).
Continue Reading SEC Issues Notice of Substituted Compliance Application and Proposed Substituted Compliance Order for United Kingdom and Reopens Comment Period for Notice and Proposed Substituted Compliance Order for France

On June 15, the Autorité des Marches Financiers (AMF) published a statement that the reporting obligations position limits for agricultural commodity derivatives proposed in the Separation and Regulation of Banking Activities Act of July 26, 2013, had been approved by a decree of the Minister of the Economy on May 14 (AMF Statement). The reporting obligations and position limits go into effect on July 1.
Continue Reading AMF Publishes Reporting Obligations and Position Limits for Derivatives on Agricultural Commodities to Commence July 1