Reporting of ETDs will not be delayed.

According to an article in Risk.net, ESMA's request to postpone the reporting of ETDs has been declined. Full article available here (subscription required) or here.

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In dubio pro hedge?

An issue often raised by corporates of late has been which instruments will potentially not be recognized as hedges under the ESMA definition. 

You could be excused for thinking that an issue such as this would be relatively easy to resolve given that there are accounting standards which analogously also apply to corporates which do not directly apply these standards.

The legislator is (apparently) more lenient here and provides a broader definition: a derivative must foremostly, and possibly in a wider sense, be risk-mitigating in order not to be recognized as subject to the clearing threshold.  Does this clarify the issue?

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Again, updated EMIR timeline – OTC Reporting not to start before Feb 12, 2014

ESMA published today the new EMIR timeline after still not having appointed Trade Repositories (TR) so far.

Now the first TR registrations are expected not earlier than November 7, 2013. As the reporting obligation starts 95 calendar days after the first TR registration, the new start date for reporting all OTC asset classes (IR, FX, commodities ...) is now scheduled for February 12, 2014.

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REGIS-TR & Treamo

Treamo is now official partner of REGIS-TR.

LEI/GEI - where to obtain it from?

'Is it true that we need a LEI/GEI and, if so, where can we apply for it, how much does it cost and how long does the whole process take?'

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EMIR's next deadline: September 15 - Application of Risk Mitigation Techniques

EMIR's roadmap foresees further requirements regarding risk mitigation, which will become mandatory from September 15 for those companies which trade OTC derivatives. It is then required to have binding agreements with counterparties in place.

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Backloading / Trade ID

Is an agreed Trade ID also necessary for backloaded trades?

ESMA's answer to this question (Q&A document as of June 4, 2013): To the extent that a backloaded contract is still outstanding at the time of reporting, a Trade ID needs to be agreed between the two counterparties and reported, together with the other information on that contract.

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EMIR and Forward Contracts

We recently heard from a couple of companies that they had been told that simple forward contracts do not have to be reported.

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EMIR - Self-Assessment

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EMIR & Financial Instruments

Do you know which financial instruments have to be reported under EMIR? EU Directive 2004/39/EC, better known as Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), is an integral part of EMIR and defines 'financial instruments'

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