Industry participants are being invited to comment on cross-product offsets, margin methodologies and operational considerations as the CFTC and SEC assess portfolio margining frameworks.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of US have jointly issued a request for public comment on potential measures to further align regulatory frameworks governing portfolio margining across securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps and related positions. The request for comment seeks feedback on a broad range of issues connected to portfolio margining The announcement was made by the agencies on 26 June and forms part of a re