FIA urged the SEC to exclude futures commission merchants from its proposed requirement to centrally clear transactions in Treasury securities.
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NFA proposed reducing certain fees on Forex Dealer Members.
NFA reminded firms that are engaged in swaps activities to pay the new annual dues surcharge by January 1, 2020.
The CFTC issued the 2019 fee schedule for overseeing the rule enforcement programs of regulated exchanges and NFA.
The CFTC final rule amending the uncleared swap margin requirements was published in the Federal Register. The final rule will become effective on December 26, 2018. As previously covered , the amendments were adopted to comply with the stay-related rules applicable to "qualified financial contracts" ("QFCs"). Further, the adopted amendments clarify that (i) swap agreements are not excluded from the CFTC Margin Rule definition of "eligible master netting agreement," based on their compliance with the QFC rules, and (ii) any legacy uncleared swap that is out of scope for the CFTC swap margin