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SEC adopts new clearing rules and overhauls trading in US Treasury market

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Julie DiMauro

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In an important set of new rules, the SEC has mandated more central clearing in the US Treasury market to help it absorb ever-increasing Treasury issuances.

The SEC has adopted new rules aimed at reducing systemic risk in the $26 trillion US Treasury market. The rules will direct more trades through clearing houses, while offering some concessions to industry participants who submitted comments and pushed back when the rules were first proposed a little over a

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