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TRADING INFRASTRUCTURE
Industry and regulators agree on next infrastructure steps
On January 14, major OTC derivatives market participants met with domestic and international regulators at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to review infrastructure improvements and identify further steps to reduce risk and increase transparency. By March 1, market participants will submit a letter to regulators.... more

REGULATORY
European Parliament draft report, supervisory talks
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) is expected to have its first exchange of views on future policy actions concerning derivative markets in the last week of January. A draft report is to be presented on February 22.... more

2010 OUTLOOK
Global OTC derivatives agenda for 2010
ISDA’s staff highlights regulatory issues in a country-by-country look at the months ahead... more