Meeting Date:
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
CFTC Staff:
Stephen Kane, David Aron, Paul Schlichting, Francis Kuo, Rafael Martinez
Organization(s):
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association - Asset Management Group
External Attendees:
Christine Ayotte-Brennan (Fidelity)
Bill Thum (Vanguard)
Wendy Yun (Goldman Sachs Asset Management)
Angela Patel (Putnam Investments)
Ray Fuller (MFS)
Tracey Jordal (PIMCO)
Sunil Mody (Morgan Stanley Investment Management)
Lisa Bloomberg (Oppenheimer Funds)
Sean Ryan (Oppenheimer Funds)
Obi Akunwafor (Oppenheimer Funds)
Tim Cameron (SIFMA AMG)
Lindsey Keljo (SIFMA AMG)
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB)
Office of the Comptroller of the the Currency (OCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Additional Information:
Participants discussed proposed margin requirements on uncleared swaps, particularly cash-only restriction for variation margin, criteria to consider the activity of affiliates in aggregate, conditions for substituted compliance.
Conference call was joint with staff of Prudential Regulators.
