Market awaits details on SEFs

The Dodd-Frank Act mandates that cleared over-the-counter swaps must be traded on an exchange or a swap execution facility (SEF), but scant detail exists on how the latter will work. How will SEFs be defined and what parties will operate them? By Peter Madigan

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US regulators have a lot of work ahead of them. With the signing into law of the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 21, supervisors must now start the arduous process of translating some of the high-level requirements into granular regulations. The legislation calls for more detailed rule-making on 58 occasions in the over-the-counter derivatives section alone – but among the more keenly awaited is the guidance on swap execution facilities (SEFs).

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