... The paper explains EMIR's clearing and reporting requirements, who is within the scope of those requirements, who is a financial and non‐financial counterparty, the clearing thresholds, the clearing and reporting obligations, when those obligations will begin, the risk mitigation obligations, and a range...

...Evan M. Koster; David Cohn; Daniel Meade Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the rule recently published by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission that establishes a timetable for the mandatory clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps through a clearinghouse. Design...

...Paul M. Architzel; Petal P. Walker Purpose The paper's aim is to explain the rules the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted for the segregation of cleared swaps customers' collateral as mandated by the Dodd‐Frank Act. Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses...