Agencies finalize rule exempting certain commercial and financial end users from initial and variation margin requirements
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:00 pm
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Farm Credit Administration
For release at 4:00 p.m. EDT
August 1, 2016
Agencies Finalize Rule Exempting Certain Commercial and Financial End Users from Initial and Variation Margin Requirements
Five federal agencies today announced a final rule exempting certain commercial and financial end users from margin requirements for certain swaps not cleared through a clearinghouse. The exemptions were first adopted by interim final rule published in the Federal Register in November 2015 with a ... (read more)