Japan:
Federal Register: CFTC Extends Swaps Margin Comparability Determination For Japan
15 April 2019
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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The CFTC's substituted compliance determination relating to
Japanese swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The
amendment became effective on April 1, 2019.
As
previously covered, the new determination updates a previous
determination by finding comparability as to (i) the scope of
entities subject to margin requirements and (ii) the treatment of
inter-affiliate transactions.
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