In a no-action letter, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division said it will not recommend an enforcement action against a swap entity for its failure to disclose to certain counterparties the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark of certain swaps on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate under certain conditions.
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The NFA issued three notices covering regulatory obligations, recent amendments and rule interpretations for (i) FCM, FDM and IB Members, (ii) CPO and CTA Members and (iii) Swap Dealer Members.
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 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.