The FCA has published a speech made at a conference held by ISDA in London by the Chief Executive of the FCA, Martin Wheatley, on reform of the international derivatives market.

The speech focused on the “final delivery stage” of reforms in this area.  Martin Wheatley commented that the details on which regulators are currently focusing “happen to be some of the most important facing the derivatives industry.”

The key issues under consideration were the extent to which financial regulators exert influence across international markets, the issue of the broader recognition of equivalence between international regimes, the collateralization of bilateral derivatives, EMIR implementation and benchmarking.  Speech.