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SEC acts to improve clearing agencies’ risk management

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Amendments relate to intraday margin collection and use of substantive inputs; new rule establishes elements of a clearing firm’s recovery plan.


The SEC has adopted rule amendments and a new rule to improve the resilience and recovery and wind-down planning of covered clearing agencies. The rule amendments establish new requirements regarding a covered clearing agency’s collection of intraday margin, as well as a covered clearing agency’s reliance on substantive inputs to