The SEC has issued final rules governing security-based swap data repositories (SDRs) prescribing reporting to regulators and setting public disclosure requirements for security-based swap transaction data.  These new rules implement mandates under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act requiring the SEC and CFTC to regulate swaps markets. The final rules approved by the Commission on January 14, 2015 "provide a powerful framework for trade reporting and the public dissemination of information that addresses blind spots exposed by the financial crisis.”   

With the November 15 and 16 G20 Summit in Brisbane fast approaching, policy makers and regulators in the US and the UK have been hard at work.  Not to be outdone, IOSCO, ESMA, and BIS have also been busy.  Eager to demonstrate progress on financial re-regulation and reform, there has been a flurry of consultation papers and rule proposals at all levels over the past quarter.  The following is a list, current as of October 9, 2014, of some of the more noteworthy proposals and consultation papers whose comment periods are currently open.  It should be noted that a number of these consultations close imminently.