FINRA adopted amendments to provide margin relief for specified index option positions, referred to as "protected options."
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An SEC and CFTC joint final rule adopting amendments to Form PF will go into effect on March 12, 2025. The final rule was published in the Federal Register.
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.
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.
FinCEN proposed to include "investment adviser" in the definition of "financial institution" under the Bank Secrecy Act. The proposed rule would require advisers to implement AML/CFT programs and maintain recordkeeping requirements.