The CFTC final rule adopting amendments to the Position Limits and Position Accountability for Security Futures Products was published in the Federal Register.
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CFTC Commissioners adopted amendments to increase current position limits that apply solely to security futures products and to harmonize them with limits set for equity options traded on a securities exchange.
An SEC and CFTC joint proposal to (i) lower the minimum customer margin requirement for security futures and (ii) revise the margin offset table consistent with the proposed reduction was published in the federal register.
The CFTC proposal to increase position limits on security futures products was published in the Federal Register.
The CFTC is adopting final rules to implement the Dodd-Frank Act's new statutory framework regarding swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for all swap transactions. The rules apply to swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for swap data repositories, derivatives clearing org (non-SD/MSP counterparties) (including, without limitation, counterparties entitled to elect the clearing requirement exception pursuant to CEA § 2(h)(7) with respect to particular swaps). The rules being adopted apply to swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for swap data