Phase 6 of the Uncleared Margin Regulations (UMR): Key Considerations for UK and European Pension Funds

Phase 6 of the Global Margin Rules applies from September 1, 2022, and may affect pension funds and other counterparties. September 2022 seems a long way off, but market deadlines are looming as early as January 2022. Join Margin Reform CEO Shaun Murray and Mayer Brown partners Edmund Parker and Edward Jewitt as they discuss this expansion, which captures pension funds with over £/€8bn of uncleared derivatives and imposes documentation and logistical challenges far more complicated than the 2016 variation margin round.  

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