Letters

Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities

Summary

SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG) provided comments to multiple agencies, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and U.S. prudential regulators, regarding their proposals on margin requirements for uncleared swaps.

SIFMA AMG believes coordination and harmonization among regulators, both within the United States and internationally, is of paramount importance to the successful global implementation of swaps regulatory regimes, particularly as they relate to margin requirements.

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