The CFTC Division of Clearing and Risk granted relief to a derivatives clearing organization to permit the holding of customer funds at the Banque de France.
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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.
FINRA collated SEC staff bulletins and FINRA resources to improve member compliance with Regulation Best Interest.
FINRA settled charges with four firms for misrepresentations and supervision failures on their "fully paid securities lending" programs.
The SEC set an effective date of January 2, 2024 and accompanying compliance dates for new Exchange Act Rule Rule 10c-1. The final rule was published in the Federal Register.