CFTC Approves Registration of LCH.Clearnet LLC

The CFTC issued to LCH.Clearnet LLC a letter approving LCH's revised rulebook and an amended order of registration as a derivatives clearing organization ("DCO"). The amended order of registration permits LCH to clear (in its capacity as a registered DCO) futures contracts, options on futures contracts, commodity options, and swaps where interest rates and/or currencies constitute the underlying commodity or reference.

View Order in full here (links externally to CFTC website).