On October 28, the FCA published the following factsheets relating to EMIR (the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories) (Regulation 648/2012):

  • A factsheet for financial counterparties (FCs) subject to the EMIR requirements for timely confirmation and bilateral risk mitigation; and
  • A factsheet for non-financial counterparties (NFCs) subject to EMIR to understand how NFCs are defining their hedging activity and monitoring their status against the clearing threshold between June and September 2013.

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