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Looking beyond the margins of OTC derivatives reform: Keynote address

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A speech by Oliver Harvey, Senior Executive Leader, ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþ to the 2016 ISDA Annual Australia Conference (Sydney, Australia), 20 October 2016.

Good morning. Thank you for having me here today.

As Scott O’Malia has mentioned, we in Australia – and around the world – again stand on the precipice of another piece of significant structural reform emerging from the response to the global financial crisis (GFC) – the implementation of margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives.

Today’s conference is very much focused on this specific topic and, over the course of the day, the sessions will cover a range of issues that industry and regulators are working through and are having to solve.

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