[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 26, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44508-44511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18763]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Chapter I

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Chapter II

[Release No. 34-64926; File No. 4-635]


Acceptance of Public Submissions for a Study on International 
Swap Regulation Mandated by Section 719(c) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Section 719(c) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) requires the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC and, together with the CFTC, the Commissions) jointly to study and 
then report to Congress on swap regulation and clearinghouse regulation 
in the United States, Asia, and Europe and to identify areas of 
regulation that are similar and other areas of regulation that could be 
harmonized. The report also must identify major dealers, exchanges, 
clearinghouses, clearing members, and regulators in each geographic 
area and describe the major contracts (including trading volumes, 
clearing volumes, and notional values), methods for clearing swaps, and 
the systems used for setting margin in each geographic area. In 
connection with the study and report, the CFTC and SEC are issuing this 
request for information through public comment.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 26, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

CFTC

     Agency Web site, via its Comments Online process at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments 
through the Web site.
     Mail: David A. Stawick, Secretary of the Commission, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mail above.
    Please submit comments using only one method. Comments should be 
identified by ``International Swap Regulation Study'' in the subject 
line of responses submitted electronically and in paper submissions.
    All comments must be submitted in English or, if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted on the CFTC's 
Internet Web site at http://www.cftc.gov, without review and without 
removal of personally identifying information. You should submit only 
information that you wish to make available publicly. If you wish the 
CFTC to consider information that may be exempt from disclosure under 
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a petition for confidential 
treatment of the exempt information may be submitted according to the 
procedures established in Sec.  145.9 of the Commission's 
regulations.\1\ The CFTC reserves the right, but shall have no 
obligation, to review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse, or remove 
any or all of your submission from http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem 
to be inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All 
submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments 
will be retained in the public comment file and may be accessible under 
FOIA.
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    \1\ CFTC regulations referred to herein are found at 17 CFR Ch. 
1 (2010). They are accessible on the Commission's Web site at http://www.cftc.gov.
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SEC

Electronic Comments

     Use the agency's Internet comment form at http://www.sec.gov/rules/other.shtml; or
     Send an e-mail to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number 4-635 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number 4-635. This file number 
should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 
SEC process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only 
one method. Comments will be posted on the SEC's Internet Web site at 
http://www.sec.gov. Comments also are available for Web site viewing 
and printing in the SEC's Public Reference Room, Station Place, 100 F 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between 
the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. All comments received will be posted 
without change; the SEC does not edit personally identifying 
information from submissions. You should submit only information that 
you wish to make available publicly.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CFTC: Natalie Markman Radhakrishnan, 
Senior Special Counsel, 202-418-5059, [email protected], Office 
of International Affairs, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581; SEC: 
Babback Sabahi, Senior Counsel, 202-551-5398, [email protected], Office 
of International Affairs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Station 
Place, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Dodd-Frank Act was enacted on July 21, 2010.\2\ Title VII of 
the legislation \3\ amends the Commodity Exchange Act \4\ and the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 \5\ to establish a comprehensive new 
regulatory framework for swaps and security-based swaps to reduce risk, 
increase transparency, and promote market integrity within the 
financial system. Among other things, Title VII: (1) Provides for the 
registration and comprehensive regulation of swap dealers, security-
based swap dealers, major swap participants, and major security-based 
swap participants; (2) imposes clearing and trade execution

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requirements on swaps and security-based swaps, subject to certain 
exceptions; (3) creates rigorous recordkeeping and real-time reporting 
regimes; and (4) enhances the Commissions' rulemaking and enforcement 
authorities with respect to certain registered entities and 
intermediaries subject to the Commissions' oversight.
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    \2\ See Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010). The text of the Dodd-
Frank Act may be accessed at http://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/DoddFrankAct/index.htm.
    \3\ Pursuant to section 701 of the Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII may 
be cited as the ``Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 
2010''.
    \4\ 7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.
    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
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    Section 719(c)(1) of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the CFTC and SEC 
jointly to conduct a study on swap regulation and clearinghouse 
regulation in the United States, Asia, and Europe and to identify areas 
of regulation that are similar and other areas of regulation that could 
be harmonized.\6\ Pursuant to Section 719(c)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act, 
the Commissions must submit a report to Congress within 18 months after 
the Dodd-Frank Act's enactment (i.e., on or before Monday, January 23, 
2012) that describes the results of the study and includes: (1) The 
identification of the major dealers, exchanges, clearinghouses, and 
regulators in each geographic area; (2) lists of the major swap 
contracts (including trading volumes, clearing volumes, and notional 
values) in each geographic area; and (3) a description of the methods 
for clearing swaps and the systems used for setting margin in each 
geographic area.\7\
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    \6\ Section 719(c)(1) provides:
    (1) IN GENERAL.-The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission shall jointly conduct a study-
    (A) relating to-
    (i) swap regulation in the United States, Asia, and Europe; and
    (ii) clearing house and clearing agency regulation in the United 
States, Asia, and Europe; and
    (B) that identifies areas of regulation that are similar in the 
United States, Asia and Europe and other areas of regulation that 
could be harmonized[.]
    \7\ Section 719(c)(2) provides:
    (2) REPORT.-Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Agriculture and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives a report that includes a description of the results 
of the study under subsection (a), including-
    (A) identification of the major exchanges and their regulator in 
each geographic area for the trading of swaps and security-based 
swaps including a listing of the major contracts and their trading 
volumes and notional values as well as identification of the major 
swap dealers participating in such markets;
    (B) identification of the major clearing houses and clearing 
agencies and their regulator in each geographic area for the 
clearing of swaps and security-based swaps, including a listing of 
the major contracts and the clearing volumes and notional values as 
well as identification of the major clearing members of such 
clearing houses and clearing agencies in such markets;
    (C) a description of the comparative methods of clearing swaps 
in the United States, Asia, and Europe; and
    (D) a description of the various systems used for establishing 
margin on individual swaps, security-based swaps, and swap 
portfolios.
    The provision's reference to ``subsection (a)'' presumably 
should be replaced with a reference to subsection (1) because no 
such subsection (a) applies to this study. Moreover, although 
Section 719(c) is entitled ``International Swap Regulation'' and 
does not consistently refer to both swaps and security-based swaps 
throughout, Congress mandated a joint study and, accordingly, the 
Commissions have interpreted the terms ``swap'' and ``swaps'' to 
include both swap(s) and security-based swap(s) in the context of 
this statutory provision.
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II. Request for Comments

    In connection with the study and report required by Section 719(c) 
of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC and SEC have determined to issue this 
request for information through public comment. Congress has directed 
the Commissions to conduct an independent joint study on specific 
topics and, in particular, to identify areas of regulation that could 
be harmonized.\8\ The Commissions have determined that this request for 
public comment will be an effective and transparent means of gathering 
information necessary for the study and report from interested parties. 
This public comment process will, as needed, be supplemented by other 
means of gathering the comprehensive range of information requested by 
Congress.\9\
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    \8\ In addition to the study and report required by Section 
719(c), Congress directed the Commissions (and prudential 
regulators) in Section 752(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act to ``as 
appropriate * * * consult and coordinate with foreign regulatory 
authorities on the establishment of consistent international 
standards with respect to the regulation (including fees) of swaps, 
security-based swaps, swap entities, and security-based swap 
entities'' in order to ``promote effective and consistent global 
regulation of swaps and security-based swaps''.
    \9\ For example, Commission staff will engage in ongoing 
consultation with regulatory authorities and others throughout the 
study.
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    The Commissions also are mindful of differences in regulatory 
development across jurisdictions. In the United States and under the 
Dodd-Frank Act, many of the required regulations with regard to swaps 
already have been proposed and made available for public comment.\10\ 
Other jurisdictions, however, are proceeding under different time 
frames. For example, the Japanese Diet amended the Financial 
Instruments and Exchange Act by adopting legislation on over-the-
counter (OTC) derivatives on July 10, 2009, and on May 12, 2010. These 
amendments are expected to be implemented by November 2012. The 
European Commission (EC), in turn, proposed legislation on clearing and 
trade repositories on September 15, 2010.\11\ This proposed legislation 
calls for the European Securities and Markets Authority to propose 
technical standards by June 30, 2012.\12\
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    \10\ For more information, visit CFTC and SEC Web sites on 
implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, respectively at http://www.cftc.gov/LawRegulation/DoddFrankAct/index.htm and http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/dodd-frank.shtml.
    \11\ On December 8, 2010, the EC also issued a public 
consultation to solicit views on revisions to the Markets in 
Financial Instruments Directive that are designed, among other 
things, to increase transparency for OTC derivatives and other 
instruments by setting requirements for trading venues and 
investment firms, and to enhance business conduct standards 
applicable to all investment firms. The EC is expected to publish a 
proposal further to this consultation during summer 2011.
    \12\ See various provisions of the EC's proposed European 
Markets Infrastructure Regulation, available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2010:0484:FIN:EN:PDF.
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    In order to strike a balance between meeting the statutory deadline 
for the study and report and providing timely information to Congress, 
the Commissions have determined to publish the request at this time and 
to provide for a 60-day comment period. Given the pace of developments 
in the regulation of OTC derivatives here in the United States and in 
other jurisdictions, the Commissions plan to conduct the study based 
upon information received and collected by the last day of the comment 
period.\13\ Comments should be submitted during the open comment 
period, but staff may consider comments filed after the deadline and 
may consult with interested and/or relevant parties after the comment 
period closes in order to obtain additional or clarifying information. 
The Commissions welcome public comment on all aspects of the study.\14\
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    \13\ The Commissions may, however, in their discretion and 
depending on the significance of the developments, decide to address 
certain legislative or regulatory developments that take place after 
the comment period has ended.
    \14\ In light of the statutory deadline established in Section 
719(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commissions request comment on how 
best to ensure that the study reflects the latest state of 
regulatory implementation in Asia and Europe. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit information regarding significant relevant 
legislative or regulatory developments occurring after the end of 
the comment period and prior to the submission of the report to 
Congress.
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    The Commissions have developed the following requests for comment 
to gather information in support of the study mandated by Section 
719(c) and request that commenters include a description, either in 
English or accompanied by an English translation, of the underlying 
source material used in composing each submitted response. Commenters 
may also provide any additional relevant information beyond that 
specifically requested. Because

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Section 719(c) requires the Commissions to prepare a report relating to 
the swap markets of the United States, Asia, and Europe, commenters are 
specifically asked to provide information about markets in those 
jurisdictions. Commenters also may provide any relevant information on 
other jurisdictions. If regulatory requirements in a jurisdiction are 
under consideration but not yet enacted or effective, commenters should 
make note of this in their answer and provide as much relevant 
information as possible on recent and anticipated developments.
    While all commenters are welcome to respond to the items below in 
their entirety, in order to provide more focus, the requests for 
comment have been divided into three groups. The first group, items A-
E, inquires about information to which foreign regulators may have the 
most efficient access. Item F, by contrast, inquires about information 
that may be available to a wider range of commenters, while item G 
inquires about information that exchanges and clearinghouses might be 
uniquely positioned to provide.

A. Status of Regulation

    1. For each jurisdiction on which comment is being provided, please 
provide the name of the jurisdiction being commented upon.
    2. Does the jurisdiction have a legal definition of the term 
``swap'', ``security-based swap'', or other similar term or terms 
(hereinafter referred to as a ``Swap'' or ``Swaps'')? If so, please 
provide such definition(s).\15\
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    \15\ These terms may include, but may not be limited to, OTC 
derivatives. The Dodd-Frank Act includes definitions of the terms 
``swap'' and ``security-based swap''.
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    3. Are Swaps included within the scope of any statute, regulation, 
or other legal requirement in the jurisdiction?
    a. If not, is the jurisdiction planning to or considering whether 
to regulate, or to modify regulation of, Swaps?
    b. Please further describe the present status of regulatory efforts 
and the anticipated timeline for such efforts.
    4. What type of counterparty may enter into a Swap? Do any 
limitations apply?
    5. Are certain types or classes of Swaps prohibited, or are certain 
entities prohibited from entering into certain types or classes of 
Swaps?
    6. If Swaps are regulated:
    a. Who determines which instruments, transactions, or agreements 
should be regulated as Swaps?
    b. Which Swaps, if any, are required to be executed on an organized 
market, on an electronic execution facility, or on any other type of 
market?
    c. Which Swaps, if any, are required to be cleared by a central 
counterparty and, for those required to be cleared, how are the trades 
of non-clearing participants cleared? \16\
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    \16\ If applicable, how does the mandatory clearing requirement 
work, e.g., who decides which Swaps are required to be cleared, what 
criteria are applied, does the requirement apply to existing Swaps 
or to those entered into at a certain point in time, are any 
entities exempt from the clearing requirement?
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    d. Which Swap transactions, if any, are required to be reported to 
a data repository or other entity, the public, or regulatory 
authorities?
    e. Is regulatory oversight of the Swap market conducted by one 
single regulatory authority or divided among different regulatory 
authorities? If the latter, please identify each relevant regulatory 
authority and describe its responsibilities and jurisdiction.
    f. How does the regulatory framework regulate potential systemic 
risk created by Swaps? Does it, for example, create a new oversight 
body or designate certain entities as systemically important?
    g. Does the regulatory authority, or regulatory authorities if more 
than one regulator has oversight responsibilities over the Swap market, 
have the ability to share information related to Swaps with domestic 
and foreign regulatory authorities? \17\
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    \17\ In particular, are there any legal or other barriers to the 
collection of information or to the sharing of information, e.g., 
client confidentiality protection or data privacy safeguards?
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    h. How are cross-border Swap transactions regulated? Does the Swap 
regulatory framework apply to persons located outside of the 
jurisdiction doing business with persons located within the 
jurisdiction, and, more generally, to cross-border Swap activities?
    i. What enforcement authority exists over Swaps, and who may 
exercise such authority?

B. Regulatory Requirements for Market Participants

    1. How does the regulatory framework address participants in the 
Swap market? What are the registration or licensing requirements for 
Swap-related dealers, market participants, intermediaries, or others 
(individually and collectively, ``Participants'')?
    2. Are any types of Participants in the Swap market excluded or 
exempted from Swap-related registration or licensing requirements?
    3. What is the process for updating, withdrawing, or terminating 
Swap-related registration or an exemption from Swap-related 
registration?
    4. What are the Swap-related prudential regulatory requirements 
(e.g., capital, liquidity, margin, risk management, segregation, 
collateral)?
    5. What are the requirements related to insolvency or bankruptcy in 
regard to Participants?
    6. What are the Swap-related business conduct requirements (e.g., 
interaction with counterparties, disclosure, supervision, reporting, 
recordkeeping, documentation, confirmation, valuation, conflicts of 
interest, avoidance of fraud and other abusive practices)?
    7. Do Participants have the ability to share information with 
domestic and/or foreign regulatory authorities?
    8. How are foreign Participants treated (e.g., a special 
recognition category, an exclusion or an exemption from registration)?

C. Regulatory Requirements for Organized Markets, Electronic Execution 
Facilities, and Other Types of Markets

    1. Does the regulatory framework include requirements for organized 
markets, electronic execution facilities, and/or other types of markets 
for Swaps (hereinafter referred to as ``Markets'')?
    2. What are the registration or licensing requirements for such 
Markets?
    3. Are any Markets excluded or exempted from such registration or 
licensing requirements?
    4. What is the process for updating, withdrawing, or terminating 
such registration or exempting from such registration?
    5. What are the ongoing regulatory responsibilities of such Markets 
(e.g., access, surveillance, transparency, compliance, recordkeeping)?
    6. Do Markets have the ability to share information with domestic 
and/or foreign regulatory authorities?
    7. How are foreign Markets treated (e.g., a special recognition 
category, an exclusion or an exemption from registration)?

D. Regulatory Requirements for Central Counterparties

    1. Does the regulatory framework include requirements for central 
counterparties that provide clearing and settlement services for Swaps?
    2. What are the registration or licensing requirements for such 
central counterparties?
    3. Who is excluded or exempted from such registration or licensing 
requirements?
    4. What is the process for updating, withdrawing, or terminating 
such registration or exempting from such registration?

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    5. What are the ongoing regulatory responsibilities of such central 
counterparties (e.g., financial resources, risk management, safeguards 
against member or participant default, authority in the event of a 
default, recordkeeping)? \18\
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    \18\ The Recommendations for Central Counterparties were 
published in November 2004 (and currently are being revised) by the 
Committee on Payment & Settlement Systems of the Bank for 
International Settlements and the Technical Committee of IOSCO. 
Links to this standard, as well as related standards and the 
consultative report for revising them, are available at http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss94.htm.
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    6. Do such central counterparties have the ability to share 
information with domestic and/or foreign regulatory authorities?
    7. How are foreign central counterparties treated (e.g., a special 
recognition category, an exclusion or an exemption from registration)?

E. Regulatory Requirements for Data Repositories

    1. Does the regulatory framework include requirements for data 
repositories for Swaps? \19\
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    \19\ If entities other than data repositories can fulfill this 
function, please describe the jurisdiction's requirements for such 
activity and provide the relevant information for each question on 
this topic.
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    2. What are the registration or licensing requirements for such 
data repositories?
    3. Who is excluded or exempted from such registration or licensing 
requirements?
    4. What is the process for updating, withdrawing, or terminating 
such registration or exempting from such registration?
    5. What are the ongoing regulatory responsibilities of such data 
repositories (e.g., timing of reporting to the public, recordkeeping)?
    6. Are such data repositories required to use a specified data 
standard when they provide data to regulatory authorities and, if so, 
what standard is required?
    7. Do such data repositories have the ability to share information 
with domestic and/or foreign regulatory authorities?
    8. How are foreign data repositories treated (e.g., a special 
recognition category, an exclusion or an exemption from registration)?
    9. What are the regulatory requirements in connection with data 
reporting for entities participating in the Swap market, such as 
counterparties or Participants (e.g., maintaining records, reporting 
data to a repository, real-time reporting to the public, providing 
information to domestic and foreign regulatory authorities)?

F. Regulatory Comparison

    1. Across jurisdictions, for any or all items listed above, which 
areas of regulation are similar and which areas are different?
    2. In viewing the existing laws, institutions, and enforcement 
mechanisms of each respective jurisdiction as a whole, are such 
similarities and differences appropriate and desirable for regulatory 
purposes, or do certain aspects of a particular jurisdiction's Swap 
market warrant a different regulatory approach?
    3. What are the potential costs and benefits (in terms of investor 
protection, market efficiency, competition, or other factors) that may 
arise from further consistency/harmonization of regulations across 
borders?
    4. How should consistency in regulation across jurisdictions be 
measured and are there factors other than the harmonized text of a 
regulation that should be taken into consideration when assessing the 
degree to which cross-border regulatory harmonization has been 
implemented in practice?
    5. Assuming that a theoretically ``optimal'' set of regulations for 
a particular jurisdiction might take into consideration elements unique 
to a specific market in ways that might make cross-border harmonization 
difficult, to what extent do the benefits of greater regulatory 
harmonization across borders outweigh the costs associated with having 
regulations that might be less tailored to a particular market's 
circumstances? In what areas do you believe the benefits of 
harmonization most outweigh any potential downsides? \20\ Are there any 
areas where you believe the likely benefits of ``optimal'' market-
specific regulation outweigh the likely benefits of harmonization?
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    \20\ In particular, please identify any potential opportunities 
for regulatory arbitrage or impediments to the achievement of 
consistent regulatory standards across jurisdictions.
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    6. In the United States, what steps should or could be taken to 
better harmonize statutory requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act with 
statutory requirements implemented in other jurisdictions?
    7. In the United States, what steps could be taken to harmonize 
CFTC or SEC regulations with regulations promulgated by authorities in 
other jurisdictions?

G. Swap Market Information

    1. Please identify major organized markets and electronic execution 
facilities (and the Swaps-related regulator(s) for each) for the 
trading of Swaps.
    a. For each market or facility, please provide a listing and 
description of the major contract classes and subclasses, such as 
credit default swaps (CDS),\21\ equity swaps, currency swaps, interest 
rate swaps (IRS),\22\ and commodity swaps;
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    \21\ For CDS, include: corporate single name, sovereign single 
name, multi-name, index; CDS on domestic and non-domestic reference 
assets (classified by country, in the latter case); and CDS between 
domestic and non-domestic participants (classified by country, in 
the latter case).
    \22\ For IRS, include: underlying currency, structure, and 
maturity.
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    b. For classes and subclasses of contracts identified in paragraph 
a above, please provide:
    i. The trading volumes in 2009, 2010, and year-to-date; and
    ii. The outstanding notional values at year-end 2008, 2009, 2010, 
and the most recent available.
    2. Please identify major dealers participating in Swap markets (and 
the Swap-related regulator(s) for each).
    3. Please identify major central counterparties (and the Swap-
related regulator(s) for each) for the clearing of Swaps.
    a. For each central counterparty, please provide a listing and 
description of the major classes and subclasses of cleared Swap 
contracts, such as CDS, equity swaps, currency swaps, IRS, and 
commodity swaps;
    b. For classes and subclasses of contracts identified in paragraph 
a above, please provide:
    i. The clearing volumes for 2009, 2010, and year-to-date; and
    ii. The outstanding notional values at year-end 2008, 2009, 2010, 
and the most recent available;
    c. For each central counterparty, please provide:
    i. A description of the method used to clear Swaps;
    ii. A description of the systems used to establish margin on 
individual Swaps and on Swap portfolios; and
    iii. The name of each major clearing member of the central 
counterparty (and the Swap-related regulator(s) for each).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2011, by the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2011, by the Securities 
and Exchange Commission.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
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