NFA questioned the "proposed methodology" of a CFTC proposal that would apply to direct clearing of transactions by customers not intermediated through an FCM.
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CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger asserted that the Basel III Endgame Proposal, if adopted, would have a significant negative impact on derivatives markets.
The CFTC proposed amendments to allow foreign trade boards ("FBOTs") to offer direct trading access to U.S.-based introducing broker participants and to establish a process for FBOTs to request revocation of their registration.
The CFTC approved the application of IMX Health as a designated contract market. In its application, IMX Health stated that it will be the first financial futures exchange for the health care industry.
The SEC adopted a rule that any SEC-registered central clearing agency that provides central clearing of U.S. Treasury securities ("USTs") shall require its members to centrally clear (i) most repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions in USTs to which it is a counterparty and (ii) certain cash market purchases and sales of USTs.