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Derivatives
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Global Regulation Tomorrow
FCA PS26/21 ‘Streamlining the UK EMIR Intragroup Regime’
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Charlotte Carnegie
On 3 November 2026, the FCA published Policy Statement 26/21 ‘‘Streamlining the UK EMIR Intragroup Regime’ (PS26/21). Background On 5 November 2026, HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument for…
Gibson Dunn
Derivatives, Legislative and Regulatory Weekly Update (October 23, 2026)
From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, the CFTC’s Innovation Task Force released the agenda for the inaugural Frontier Forum on Super Intelligence. New Developments CFTC’s Innovation Task Force Announces…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
The Over-the-Counter Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Charlotte Carnegie
On 23 October 2026, there was published a statutory instrument (SI) The Over-the-Counter Derivatives (Intragroup Transactions) Regulations 2026 (the Regulations). Background The Regulations reform the UK framework for intragroup over-the-counter…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Published in OJ – Commission adopts Delegated Regulation on transparency requirements under MiFIR
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Floortje Nagelkerke (NL)
On 23 October 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1763 of 13 July 2026 amending the regulatory technical standards (RTS)…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
New Briefing note: The FIA’s European agent-trustee model: a new era for client clearing in Europe
By Joshua Creutzberg, Hannah Meakin (UK), Lucy Dodson (UK), Giota Skiathiti
The FIA's European Agent-Trustee Model (EATM) represents one of the most significant recent developments in the European OTC derivatives clearing market. Launched at LCH Ltd in December 2025, the EATM…
Gibson Dunn
Derivatives, Legislative and Regulatory Weekly Update (October 16, 2026)
From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, the CFTC published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes providing additional market clarity by expressly further defining the term “swap” to include…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESMA updates manual on pre-trade and post-trade transparency under MiFID II/MiFIR
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Floortje Nagelkerke (NL)
On 15 October 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated its manual on pre-trade and post-trade transparency under MiFID II/MiFIR. The updated manual provides further guidance on the…
Free Writings + Perspectives
CFTC Draws the Line: Interim Final Rule Excludes Certain Gaming Products from, and Proposed Rule Includes Event Contracts in, the “Swap” Definition
On October 9, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) took two coordinated actions addressing the scope of its jurisdiction over event contracts. First, it issued an interim final rule…
AGP & Co Insights
What changed in EU Commodity Derivatives Reporting
ESMA’s revised weekly commodity derivatives reporting arrangements went live on 3 September 2026. The change involves updated technical requirements, validation rules and XML schema version 2.0—the electronic structure used to…
Gibson Dunn
Derivatives, Legislative and Regulatory Weekly Update (October 9, 2026)
From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, the CFTC issued no-action relief to designated contract markets seeking to convert their existing perpetual style broad-based security index futures contracts into true…