Last week, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions published a final report regarding OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements. Among other things, the report sets out recommendations with respect to such things as minimum data reporting requirements, access to data by authorities, and the development of an international product classification system for OTC derivatives. As we discussed in a post last year, the CPSS and IOSCO released a draft of the report in August 2011, and the final version reflects public comments received during the consultation process.

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