Agreement represents step forward in supervisory cooperation of cross-border over-the-counter derivatives markets
Building complex of the European Central Bank. (Credit: Epizentrum/Wikipedia.)
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to prepare for the registration of ECB-supervised entities as security-based swap dealers or major security-based swap participants in the United States.
US regulation requires non-US security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants with significant business in the United States to register with the SEC by 1 November 2021 and 1 December 2021, respectively. The SEC may permit such entities to satisfy certain US requirements by complying with comparable European Union (EU) and national requirements. To make this possible, the SEC and the relevant supervisory and market authorities need to sign cooperation agreements.
The ECB and the SEC will communicate and exchange information on the security-based swap activities that ECB-supervised entities conduct in the United States. This cooperation will provide a basis for relevant euro area entities to minimise duplication of compliance efforts and to continue focusing on compliance with EU requirements, while ensuring compliance with US requirements.
Source: Company Press Release