📈DTC Proposed Rule Change for Recovery and Wind-Down Plan
The SEC published a notice regarding a proposed rule change by the Depository Trust Company (DTC) to amend its Recovery and Wind-Down Plan. The changes reflect recent business developments and aim to enhance clarity and efficiency in risk management protocols, thereby ensuring continued access to critical services in liquidity or credit crises.
Learn More📊SEC Proposal to Amend Clearing Agency Risk Management Framework
The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a notice regarding a proposed rule change by The Depository Trust Company to amend its Clearing Agency Risk Management Framework. The amendments aim to clarify processes surrounding risk management and improve overall operational efficiency. Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the proposed changes.
Learn More📄SEC Notices Extension Request for Rule 239 Compliance
The Securities and Exchange Commission has submitted a request for an extension of information collection under Rule 239, which provides exemptions for certain security-based swaps. The notice invites public comments on the relevance and burden of the information collection process to enhance its utility and minimize compliance costs for clearing agencies.
Learn More📈Extension of Compliance Dates for Treasury Securities Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission" or "SEC") is extending the compliance date for the amendments to the rules applicable to covered clearing agencies for U.S. Treasury securities ("U.S. Treasury securities CCAs"), which require that such covered clearing agencies have written policies and procedures reasonably designed to require that every direct participant of the covered clearing agency submit for clearance and settlement all eligible secondary market transactions in U.S. Treasury securities to which it is a counterparty and to identify and monitor its direct participants' submission of transactions for clearing, including how the U.S. Treasury securities CCA would address a failure to submit transactions, that were adopted on December 13, 2023. Specifically, the Commission is extending the compliance dates by one year, from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026, for eligible cash market transactions, and from June 30, 2026, to June 30, 2027, for eligible repo transactions.
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