CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger asserted that the Basel III Endgame Proposal, if adopted, would have a significant negative impact on derivatives markets.
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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.
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 CFTC solicited public comments on a proposed comparability determination and related Order for certain CFTC-registered swap dealers domiciled in the United Kingdom and subject to prudential supervision by the UK Prudential Regulation Authority.