Category Archives: EMIR

Commodities Now: Washington – We Have a Problem

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Cadwalader

June 2012 offered the first serious insight into how international regulators intended to apply their new derivatives regulatory regimes to cross-border issues. On 29th June 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published its proposed guidance on the extraterritorial application … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, CFTC, Commodity Trading, Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID, MiFIR, Oil & Gas, Power, Regulation

ESMA’s Final Report on Draft Technical Standards under EMIR: Non-Financial Counterparties and Risk Mitigation for Non-Cleared OTC Derivative Contracts

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Cadwalader

Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (“EMIR”) was introduced to provide a framework to improve the functioning of the OTC derivatives markets … Continue reading →

Posted in Commodity Trading, EMIR, Regulation