The CFTC's substituted compliance determination relating to Japanese swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The amendment became effective on April 1, 2019.

The CFTC DSIO granted time-limited no-action relief to Japanese-regulated swap dealers from the timing requirements relating to the posting and collection of variation margin.

The CFTC approved, by a two-to-one vote, a comparability determination that will allow substituted compliance with Japan's margin requirements for uncleared swaps.

What is the SPAC environment in Japan, especially in relation to food and agriculture? Tokyo Corporate Partners Jeremy White and Mitsutoshi Uchida, along with Mitchell Presser...

In contrast, the decision did not give special consideration to the fact that the employee was a doctor in deciding the extra pay issue.

The Financial Services Agency of Japan has introduced an amending ordinance regarding margin requirements for over-the-counter derivatives transactions.

On April 4, 2022, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) reorganized its five segments into three markets: the Prime Market for global companies, Standard Market for medium-sized...

On December 22, 2016, the Financial Services Agency of Japan published a report summarized by the Working Group on Financial Markets of the Financial System Council, titled . . .

In July 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation of the EU came into effect. MAR extends the scope of the Market Abuse Directive, the predecessor legislation which it replaces, . . .

On November 5, 2013, the amendments to the laws and regulations related to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan went into effect, in which regulations concerning short selling in the Japanese marketplace were modified.

Digital assets — from cryptocurrencies and NFTs to tokenized securities — are entering a new phase of legal and regulatory scrutiny.

The growing prevalence of OTC (over-the-counter) derivative transactions referencing digital assets ("OTC digital asset derivative transactions") has led to extensive discussions about whether.

Following the publication of a policy framework establishing margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, . . .

On May 15, 2024, the Diet passed into law amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (the "FIEA") (the "Amendments").

Procedures began in April 2016 for the long awaited listing of the first infrastructure fund on the Tokyo Stock Exchange targeted at investments in renewable energy plants...

On December 21, 2018, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the "FSA") released the final report of the "Study Group on the Virtual Currency Exchange Services," which proposed major reforms...

The regulation of derivatives under Japanese law is divided into two major pieces of legislation, namely,