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Derivatives market participants are becoming subject to a series of regulatory requirements related to clearing, trade reporting, and record-keeping. Even occasional corporate end-users of derivatives will have to prepare to comply with certain of these new obligations. In this session, we will provide a comprehensive overview of all of the considerations relevant to end-users, including:

• Ensuring ability to rely on the end-user exception;
• The mechanics of clearing;
• Corporate actions to be taken by end-users;
• Establishing a clearing relationship;
• Margin requirements;
• The ISDA D-F Protocols and commonly used bilateral agreements;
• Hedging policies; and
• Understanding the requirements applicable to swap dealers.

PLI will provide CLE credit.