On August 14, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it has approved two proposals to amend margin requirements for swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs).
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CFTC Provides Time-Limited Relief for Variation Margin and Minimum Transfer Amount Provisions
On February 13, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (Division) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) provided time-limited no-action relief for failure of a swap dealer (SD) that does not have a prudential regulator to comply with the CFTC’s variation margin requirements by the March 1 compliance date (March 1 Requirements). (There are now a total of 104 swap dealers registered with the CFTC, and 51 of these have a prudential regulator.) Under the CFTC margin rules, SDs must collect and post variation margin with each counterparty that is an SD, major swap participant or financial end user starting March 1.
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