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📈Proposed Rule Change on Risk Management by ICE Clear Credit

The SEC published a notice regarding ICE Clear Credit LLC's proposed rule change to enhance its Risk Parameter Setting and Review Policy and Risk Management Model Description for securities and derivatives. The revisions aim to clarify risk management methodologies and improve documentation, promoting efficiency in the clearance and settlement of financial transactions.

📊SEC Proposes Extension of Information Collection Under Rule 15c3-1

The SEC is soliciting comments on the existing collection of information related to Appendix F of Rule 15c3-1, which governs net capital rules for OTC derivatives dealers. The notice highlights compliance requirements and seeks feedback on the proposed information collection process, ensuring its practicality and potential improvements.

📊CFTC Notice on Clearing Member Risk Management Compliance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed renewal of a collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment. This notice solicits comments on the obligation to maintain records related to clearing documentation between a customer and the customer's clearing member, as required under Commission regulations.

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📈CFTC Final Rule on Customer Funds Investment Regulations

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is amending its regulations governing the types of investments that futures commission merchants and derivatives clearing organizations may make with funds held for the benefit of customers engaging in futures, foreign futures, and cleared swaps transactions. The Commission is also revising asset-based and issuer-based concentration limits for the investment of customer funds. The Commission is also specifying market risk capital charges that a futures commission merchant must take on new investments added to the list of permitted investments in computing the firm's adjusted net capital. The amendments also revise regulations that require each futures commission merchant to report to the Commission, and to the firm's designated self-regulatory organization, the name, location, and amount of customer funds held by each depository, including any investments of customer funds held by the depository. Lastly, the Commission is eliminating the requirement that each depository holding customer funds must provide the Commission with read-only electronic access to such accounts for the futures commission merchant to treat the funds as customer segregated funds.