The Fixed Income Clearing Corporation proposed rule amendments that are intended to make effective the SEC's recent adoption of requirements that members of a central clearing organization for U.S. government securities clear certain repo and cash market trades in U.S. governments.
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The SEC granted ICE Clear Europe's request to withdraw from registration as a clearing agency.
The comment deadline was officially set for the SEC's proposed (i) amendments to current requirements on clearing agencies' risk-based margin systems and (ii) new rule on the content of clearing agencies' recovery and wind-down plans. The July 17, 2023 comment deadline was published in the Federal Register.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler highlighted SEC efforts, in coordination with Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board, to "enhance the resiliency, efficiency, and competitiveness of the Treasury markets."
SEC Chair Gary Gensler called for greater transparency and resiliency in U.S. treasury markets to promote competition. He highlighted projects the SEC has undertaken with Treasury and the NY Fed to improve the market.