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Iosco delays controversial collateral rules

Requirements for firms to post higher levels of collateral on certain derivatives trades have been pushed back after complaints about their complexity

Iosco delays controversial collateral rules

Rules that would see banks forced to post higher levels of collateral on certain derivative trades have been pushed back by almost a year, amid complaints over their complexity.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions had originally intended for their framework for margin requirements on non-centrally cleared derivatives to come into force in December 2015, but firms argued that they needed more time to sort through their complex requirements.

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