The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced recommendations on: (i) the use of U.S. Treasuries as margin collateral, (ii) the securities market's move to T+1 securities settlement and (iii) a digital asset taxonomy.
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The CFTC withdrew its original proposal and newly proposed to allow an FCM, subject to certain conditions, to treat separate accounts of a single beneficial owner as if they were owned by different persons, for purposes of margin withdrawals from the separate accounts.
The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced eight recommendations to promote access and competition in the U.S. Treasury markets, repo and funding markets and commodity markets.
The Futures Industry Association published an analysis on the evolution of the methodology used by central clearinghouses for the purpose of calculating margin for exchange-traded derivatives.
CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson expressed discomfort with the notion that investors could interact directly with other investors on an exchange without going through the intermediation of a futures commission merchant.