ECB Threatens to Stop Trading Swaps with US Counterparties
By Matt Cameron and Peter Madigan
Published October 25 2011 Risk
The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that it might have to stop trading over-the-counter derivatives with US counterparties if it – and other eurozone central banks – are not granted exemptions from clearing, execution and reporting elements of the Dodd-Frank Act. The ECB also wants to be exempt from proposed rules on margining for uncleared trades.
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