NY Fed Says Swaps Industry Failed to Meet Clearing Promises

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Wall Street’s largest banks and money managers failed to fulfill commitments made a year ago to enable swaps customers to use clearinghouses to back trades, said New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley.

The Fed will respond by creating its own group to compel swaps dealers, hedge funds and clearinghouses to meet regulatory goals, he said in a statement today.