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CFTC amends investor safeguard rules 

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Amendments include permitting certain sovereign debt investments and the replacement of LIBOR with SOFR.

The Commission amended regulations concerning the protection of investment of customer funds by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs).

The updates primarily revise the list of permitted investments under CFTC Regulation 1.25. The publication of the new rule finalized changes to investor safeguard regulations that were proposed in