82_FR_18562 82 FR 18488 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH SA; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Recovery Risk Margin

82 FR 18488 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH SA; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Recovery Risk Margin

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 74 (April 19, 2017)

Page Range18488-18490
FR Document2017-07872

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18488-18490]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07872]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-80450; File No. SR-LCH SA-2017-003]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH SA; Notice of Filing of 
Proposed Rule Change Relating to Recovery Risk Margin

April 13, 2017.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder \2\ notice is hereby given that 
on April 4, 2017, Banque Centrale de Compensation, which conducts 
business under the name LCH SA (``LCH SA''), filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change 
described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared 
primarily by LCH SA. The Commission is publishing this notice to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the 
Proposed Rule Change

    LCH SA is proposing to revise its margin methodology with respect 
to credit default swaps (``CDS'') in the Reference Guide: CDS Margin 
Framework. The proposed rule change will (i) eliminate the recovery 
rate risk charge as a component of the margin methodology as it applies 
to index CDS (ii) correct a hyperlink and add a cross reference and 
hyperlink to the general inputs considered by LCH SA in constructing 
the CDS pricing for European and US dollar denominated contracts.

II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, LCH SA included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and 
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The 
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item IV below. LCH SA has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, 
B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of these statements.

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A. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise LCH SA's 
margin methodology to eliminate the recovery rate risk charge as a 
component of its margin methodology for index CDS.
    Currently, LCH SA applies a recovery rate risk charge to both 
single-name CDS and index CDS in a Clearing Member's portfolio. LCH SA 
considers recovery rate a risk factor affecting the market value of a 
CDS contract, in addition to the credit spread as the primary risk 
factor, and imposes a recovery rate risk charge as an add-on component 
of margin to address the adverse effect of the recovery rate change on 
the profits and losses of a Clearing Member's portfolio in the event of 
the recovery rate moving in the most adverse direction for each CDS 
instrument in the portfolio. However, while the recovery rate for a 
single-name CDS instrument may vary from day to day, the concept of 
``recovery rate'' does not exist for index CDS. In fact, market 
convention is to assume a pre-defined recovery rate for pricing an 
index CDS, such as a CDS on iTraxx indices. Therefore, the credit 
spread of an index CDS already reflects both the probabilities of 
default and recovery rate. Since the recovery rate risk charge is 
designed to capture the worst adverse effect of the recovery rate 
moving in the most adverse direction, applying the recovery rate risk 
charge to the index CDS contracts cleared by LCH SA would be trying to 
capture a stress loss incurred in a Clearing Member's portfolio should 
the pre-defined recovery rate for these index CDS change, which is not 
consistent with market convention in normal market conditions. 
Therefore, LCH SA believes that recovery rate risk is a superfluous 
concept for index CDS and is proposing to limit the application of the 
recovery rate risk charge to single-name CDS.
    Text is added to the beginning of Section 6 of ``Reference Guide: 
CDS Margin Framework'' to explain the reason for including the Recovery 
Rate Risk charge as a component of the margin, in addition to the 
spread risk considered in the VaR calculation. An additional paragraph 
is added and conforming changes are made to limit the application of 
the Recovery Rate Risk charge to single-name CDS.
    In addition, LCH is also proposing to correct a hyperlink and add a 
cross reference and hyperlink to the general inputs considered by LCH 
SA in constructing the CDS pricing for European and US dollar 
denominated contracts in Section 2.2 of ``Reference Guide: CDS Margin 
Framework''. The purpose of these changes is to enhance readability and 
clarity of the Reference Guide: CDS Margin Framework.
2. Statutory Basis
    Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act requires, among other things, that 
the rules of a clearing agency be designed to assure safeguarding of 
securities and funds which are in the custody or control of the 
clearing agency or for which it is responsible.\3\ LCH SA believes that 
limiting the application of the Recovery Rate Risk charge to single-
name CDS would sufficiently capture the stress loss that would result 
in the event that recovery rates change in the most adverse direction 
for each instrument in a Clearing Member's portfolio. Since the 
recovery rate is set at pre-defined levels with respect to index CDS, 
the proposed rule change would better align LCH SA's margin methodology 
with the way recovery rate movements affect the CDS market value in 
reality. LCH SA expects deviations from the market convention with 
respect to the pre-defined recovery rates for index CDS only in extreme 
market conditions, which would be captured by LCH SA's stress scenarios 
used to size the Default Fund. Therefore, LCH SA believes that the 
proposed rule change is consistent with the requirement of safeguarding 
securities and funds in Section 17(A)(b)(3)(F) [sic] of the Act and the 
requirements of maintaining margin and limiting a clearing agency's 
exposures to potential losses from participants' defaults under normal 
market conditions in Rule 17Ad-22(b)(1) and (2).\4\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(b)(1) and (2).
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    Moreover, LCH SA also believes that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with the requirements in Rule 17Ad-22(e)(6).\5\ Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(6) requires a covered clearing agency that provides central 
counterparty services to cover its credit exposures to its participants 
by establishing a risk-based margin system that, among other things, 
calculates margin sufficient to cover its potential future exposure to 
participants in the interval between the last margin collection and the 
close out of positions following a participant default and uses an 
appropriate method for measuring credit exposure that accounts for 
relevant product risk factors and portfolio effects across products.\6\ 
The margin framework takes into account appropriate risk factors that 
would affect the market value of a CDS contract, including credit 
spread and recovery rate risk, and calculates margin to include, among 
other things, spread margin and recovery rate risk charge to ensure 
sufficient coverage of its potential future exposure to participants in 
the interval between the last margin collection and the close out of 
positions following a participant default. As stated above, the 
proposed rule change to limit the application of the recovery rate risk 
charge to single-name CDS would better align LCH SA's margin 
methodology with the way recovery rate movements affect the CDS market 
value in reality and would improve LCH SA's margin methodology for 
measuring credit exposure that accounts for relevant product risk 
factors. Therefore, LCH SA believes that the proposed rule change is 
consistent with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).\7\
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    \5\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(6).
    \6\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).
    \7\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).
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    Finally, Rule 17Ad-22(e)(1) provides that a covered clearing agency 
shall establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and 
procedures reasonably designed to provide for a well-founded, clear, 
transparent, and enforceable legal basis for each aspect of its 
activities in all relevant jurisdiction.\8\ LCH SA believes that the 
proposed modifications made to Section 2.2 of ``Reference Guide: CDS 
Margin Framework'' will correct an error and provide additional cross-
reference regarding the general inputs considered by LCH SA in 
constructing CDS pricing for European and US dollar denominated 
contracts, and therefore, will improve the clarity of the Reference 
Guide and enable the Reference Guide to provide a clear margin 
framework, consistent with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(1).
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    \8\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(1).
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B. Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act requires that the rules of a 
clearing agency not impose any burden on competition not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.\9\ LCH SA does 
not believe the proposed rule change will impose any burden on 
competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the 
purposes of the Act. While the proposed rule change may result in 
various margin changes among the participants, the revisions to the 
margin methodology will uniformly apply across all participants. In 
addition, as stated above, the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the applicable requirements of the Act and

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is appropriate in order to better align LCH SA's margin methodology to 
the way recovery rate movements affect the CDS market value in reality. 
Therefore, LCH SA does not believe that the proposed rule change 
imposes any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate 
in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(I).
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C. Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change 
Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not been 
solicited or received. LCH SA will notify the Commission of any written 
comments received by LCH SA.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-LCH SA-2017-003 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-LCH SA-2017-003. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all 
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are 
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to 
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other 
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and 
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such filings will also be available 
for inspection and copying at the principal office of LCH SA and on LCH 
SA's Web site at http://www.lch.com/asset-classes/cdsclear. All 
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does 
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-LCH SA-2017-003 and should 
be submitted on or before May 10, 2017.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\10\
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    \10\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
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                                                  staff notes that, in its application,                   Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                  WCNOC stated that:                                      U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and                COMMISSION
                                                   The remaining 6.0% ownership interest in               10 CFR 50.80, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
                                                  WCGS held by [KEPCO] is unaffected by the               that the application regarding the                    [Release No. 34–80450; File No. SR–LCH
                                                  Merger.                                                 proposed indirect license transfer is                 SA–2017–003]
                                                     The proposed merger will result in                   approved.
                                                  one entity, Great Plains, indirectly                       IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH
                                                  owning a combined interest in WCGS of                   receipt of all required regulatory                    SA; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule
                                                  94 percent, as opposed to two entities,                 approvals of the proposed indirect                    Change Relating to Recovery Risk
                                                  Great Plains and Westar, each indirectly                license transfer, WCNOC shall inform                  Margin
                                                  owning a 47 percent interest in WCGS.                   the Director of the Office of Nuclear                 April 13, 2017.
                                                  This does not affect the fact that, in                  Reactor Regulation in writing of such
                                                  either case, KEPCO indirectly owns a 6                  receipt, and of the date of closing of the               Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
                                                  percent interest in WCGS. Whether, as                   transfer, no later than 5 business days               Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                                  provided by KEPCO, the proposed                         prior to the date of the closing of the               (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder 2
                                                  merger will decrease KEPCO’s influence                  indirect license transfer. Should the                 notice is hereby given that on April 4,
                                                  over the financial and strategic planning                                                                     2017, Banque Centrale de
                                                                                                          proposed indirect license transfer not be
                                                  for WCGS is not relevant to the NRC’s                                                                         Compensation, which conducts
                                                                                                          completed within 1 year of this Order’s
                                                  review of the proposed indirect license                                                                       business under the name LCH SA (‘‘LCH
                                                                                                          date of issuance, this Order shall
                                                  transfer application under AEA Section                                                                        SA’’), filed with the Securities and
                                                  184 and 10 CFR 50.80. The NRC’s                         become null and void, provided,
                                                                                                          however, upon written application and                 Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
                                                  authority with respect to license transfer                                                                    the proposed rule change described in
                                                  applications is limited to evaluating                   for good cause shown, such date may be
                                                                                                          extended by order.                                    Items I, II, and III below, which Items
                                                  financial qualification,
                                                                                                                                                                have been prepared primarily by LCH
                                                  decommissioning funding assurance,                         This Order is effective upon issuance.
                                                                                                                                                                SA. The Commission is publishing this
                                                  management and technical support                           For further details with respect to this           notice to solicit comments on the
                                                  organization, operating organization,                   Order, see the application dated July 22,
                                                  foreign ownership, control, or                                                                                proposed rule change from interested
                                                                                                          2016 (ADAMS Accession No.                             persons.
                                                  domination, and nuclear insurance and
                                                                                                          ML16208A250), and the NRC Safety
                                                  indemnity issues as they relate to the                                                                        I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
                                                                                                          Evaluation dated April 7, 2017 (ADAMS
                                                  public health and safety and the                                                                              Terms of Substance of the Proposed
                                                                                                          Accession No. ML17037D120), which
                                                  common defense and security. The                                                                              Rule Change
                                                  relevant NRC regulatory requirements                    are available for public inspection at the
                                                  do not apply to strategic business or                   Commission’s Public Document Room                        LCH SA is proposing to revise its
                                                  other corporate decisions and                           (PDR), located at One White Flint North,              margin methodology with respect to
                                                  considerations. Accordingly, the NRC                    Public File Area O1 F21, 11555                        credit default swaps (‘‘CDS’’) in the
                                                  staff concludes that the concerns                       Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,              Reference Guide: CDS Margin
                                                  identified by KEPCO do not impact its                   Maryland. Publicly available documents                Framework. The proposed rule change
                                                  conclusion regarding the proposed                       created or received at the NRC are                    will (i) eliminate the recovery rate risk
                                                  indirect license transfer application.                  accessible electronically through                     charge as a component of the margin
                                                     Under 10 CFR 50.80, no license, or                   ADAMS in the NRC Library at http://                   methodology as it applies to index CDS
                                                  any right thereunder, shall be                          www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.                    (ii) correct a hyperlink and add a cross
                                                  transferred, either directly or indirectly,             Persons who do not have access to                     reference and hyperlink to the general
                                                  through transfer of control of the                      ADAMS, or who encounter problems in                   inputs considered by LCH SA in
                                                  license, unless the NRC gives its consent               accessing the documents located in                    constructing the CDS pricing for
                                                  in writing. Upon review of the                          ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR                     European and US dollar denominated
                                                  information in the application, and                     reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
                                                  other information before the                                                                                  contracts.
                                                                                                          397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by email
                                                  Commission, the NRC staff has                           to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.                              II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
                                                  determined that WCNOC is qualified to                                                                         Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
                                                  hold the license following the proposed                   Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 7th day
                                                                                                          of April 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                Proposed Rule Change
                                                  merger of Great Plains and Westar with
                                                  Westar becoming a wholly-owned                            For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                In its filing with the Commission,
                                                  subsidiary of Great Plains. The NRC                     Mary Jane Ross-Lee,                                   LCH SA included statements concerning
                                                  staff has also determined that the                      Acting Director, Division of Operating Reactor        the purpose of and basis for the
                                                  proposed indirect license transfer is                   Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor                  proposed rule change and discussed any
                                                  otherwise consistent with applicable                    Regulation.                                           comments it received on the proposed
                                                  provisions of law, regulations, and                     [FR Doc. 2017–07894 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am]           rule change. The text of these statements
                                                  orders issued by the Commission                         BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                may be examined at the places specified
                                                  pursuant thereto.                                                                                             in Item IV below. LCH SA has prepared
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                                                     The findings set forth above are                                                                           summaries, set forth in sections A, B,
                                                  supported by an NRC safety evaluation                                                                         and C below, of the most significant
                                                  dated April 7, 2017, and available under                                                                      aspects of these statements.
                                                  ADAMS Accession No. ML17037D120.
                                                  III.
                                                     Accordingly, pursuant to Sections                                                                            1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
                                                  161b, 161i, and 184 of the Atomic                                                                               2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.



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                                                  A. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the                   contracts in Section 2.2 of ‘‘Reference               affect the market value of a CDS
                                                  Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the                Guide: CDS Margin Framework’’. The                    contract, including credit spread and
                                                  Proposed Rule Change                                    purpose of these changes is to enhance                recovery rate risk, and calculates margin
                                                                                                          readability and clarity of the Reference              to include, among other things, spread
                                                  1. Purpose
                                                                                                          Guide: CDS Margin Framework.                          margin and recovery rate risk charge to
                                                     The purpose of the proposed rule                                                                           ensure sufficient coverage of its
                                                  change is to revise LCH SA’s margin                     2. Statutory Basis
                                                                                                                                                                potential future exposure to participants
                                                  methodology to eliminate the recovery                      Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act                    in the interval between the last margin
                                                  rate risk charge as a component of its                  requires, among other things, that the                collection and the close out of positions
                                                  margin methodology for index CDS.                       rules of a clearing agency be designed to             following a participant default. As
                                                     Currently, LCH SA applies a recovery                 assure safeguarding of securities and                 stated above, the proposed rule change
                                                  rate risk charge to both single-name CDS                funds which are in the custody or                     to limit the application of the recovery
                                                  and index CDS in a Clearing Member’s                    control of the clearing agency or for                 rate risk charge to single-name CDS
                                                  portfolio. LCH SA considers recovery                    which it is responsible.3 LCH SA                      would better align LCH SA’s margin
                                                  rate a risk factor affecting the market                 believes that limiting the application of             methodology with the way recovery rate
                                                  value of a CDS contract, in addition to                 the Recovery Rate Risk charge to single-              movements affect the CDS market value
                                                  the credit spread as the primary risk                   name CDS would sufficiently capture                   in reality and would improve LCH SA’s
                                                  factor, and imposes a recovery rate risk                the stress loss that would result in the              margin methodology for measuring
                                                  charge as an add-on component of                        event that recovery rates change in the               credit exposure that accounts for
                                                  margin to address the adverse effect of                 most adverse direction for each                       relevant product risk factors. Therefore,
                                                  the recovery rate change on the profits                 instrument in a Clearing Member’s                     LCH SA believes that the proposed rule
                                                  and losses of a Clearing Member’s                       portfolio. Since the recovery rate is set             change is consistent with Rule 17Ad–
                                                  portfolio in the event of the recovery                  at pre-defined levels with respect to                 22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).7
                                                  rate moving in the most adverse                         index CDS, the proposed rule change                      Finally, Rule 17Ad–22(e)(1) provides
                                                  direction for each CDS instrument in the                would better align LCH SA’s margin                    that a covered clearing agency shall
                                                  portfolio. However, while the recovery                  methodology with the way recovery rate                establish, implement, maintain and
                                                  rate for a single-name CDS instrument                   movements affect the CDS market value                 enforce written policies and procedures
                                                  may vary from day to day, the concept                   in reality. LCH SA expects deviations                 reasonably designed to provide for a
                                                  of ‘‘recovery rate’’ does not exist for                 from the market convention with                       well-founded, clear, transparent, and
                                                  index CDS. In fact, market convention is                respect to the pre-defined recovery rates             enforceable legal basis for each aspect of
                                                  to assume a pre-defined recovery rate                   for index CDS only in extreme market                  its activities in all relevant jurisdiction.8
                                                  for pricing an index CDS, such as a CDS                 conditions, which would be captured by                LCH SA believes that the proposed
                                                  on iTraxx indices. Therefore, the credit                LCH SA’s stress scenarios used to size                modifications made to Section 2.2 of
                                                  spread of an index CDS already reflects                 the Default Fund. Therefore, LCH SA                   ‘‘Reference Guide: CDS Margin
                                                  both the probabilities of default and                   believes that the proposed rule change                Framework’’ will correct an error and
                                                  recovery rate. Since the recovery rate                  is consistent with the requirement of                 provide additional cross-reference
                                                  risk charge is designed to capture the                  safeguarding securities and funds in                  regarding the general inputs considered
                                                  worst adverse effect of the recovery rate               Section 17(A)(b)(3)(F) [sic] of the Act               by LCH SA in constructing CDS pricing
                                                  moving in the most adverse direction,                   and the requirements of maintaining                   for European and US dollar
                                                  applying the recovery rate risk charge to               margin and limiting a clearing agency’s               denominated contracts, and therefore,
                                                  the index CDS contracts cleared by LCH                  exposures to potential losses from                    will improve the clarity of the Reference
                                                  SA would be trying to capture a stress                  participants’ defaults under normal                   Guide and enable the Reference Guide
                                                  loss incurred in a Clearing Member’s                    market conditions in Rule 17Ad–                       to provide a clear margin framework,
                                                  portfolio should the pre-defined                        22(b)(1) and (2).4                                    consistent with Rule 17Ad–22(e)(1).
                                                  recovery rate for these index CDS                          Moreover, LCH SA also believes that
                                                  change, which is not consistent with                    the proposed rule change is consistent                B. Clearing Agency’s Statement on
                                                  market convention in normal market                      with the requirements in Rule 17Ad–                   Burden on Competition
                                                  conditions. Therefore, LCH SA believes                  22(e)(6).5 Rule 17Ad–22(e)(6) requires a                 Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act
                                                  that recovery rate risk is a superfluous                covered clearing agency that provides                 requires that the rules of a clearing
                                                  concept for index CDS and is proposing                  central counterparty services to cover its            agency not impose any burden on
                                                  to limit the application of the recovery                credit exposures to its participants by               competition not necessary or
                                                  rate risk charge to single-name CDS.                    establishing a risk-based margin system               appropriate in furtherance of the
                                                     Text is added to the beginning of                    that, among other things, calculates                  purposes of the Act.9 LCH SA does not
                                                  Section 6 of ‘‘Reference Guide: CDS                     margin sufficient to cover its potential              believe the proposed rule change will
                                                  Margin Framework’’ to explain the                       future exposure to participants in the                impose any burden on competition that
                                                  reason for including the Recovery Rate                  interval between the last margin                      is not necessary or appropriate in
                                                  Risk charge as a component of the                       collection and the close out of positions             furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
                                                  margin, in addition to the spread risk                  following a participant default and uses              While the proposed rule change may
                                                  considered in the VaR calculation. An                   an appropriate method for measuring                   result in various margin changes among
                                                  additional paragraph is added and                       credit exposure that accounts for                     the participants, the revisions to the
                                                  conforming changes are made to limit                    relevant product risk factors and                     margin methodology will uniformly
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                                                  the application of the Recovery Rate                    portfolio effects across products.6 The               apply across all participants. In
                                                  Risk charge to single-name CDS.                         margin framework takes into account                   addition, as stated above, the proposed
                                                     In addition, LCH is also proposing to                appropriate risk factors that would                   rule change is consistent with the
                                                  correct a hyperlink and add a cross                                                                           applicable requirements of the Act and
                                                  reference and hyperlink to the general                    3 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F).
                                                  inputs considered by LCH SA in                            4 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(b)(1) and (2).                   7 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).
                                                  constructing the CDS pricing for                          5 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(e)(6).                           8 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(e)(1).
                                                  European and US dollar denominated                        6 17 CFR 240.17Ad–22(e)(6)(iii) and (v).              9 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(I).




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                                                  is appropriate in order to better align                 rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the                       due, fee, or other charge imposed by the
                                                  LCH SA’s margin methodology to the                      submission, all subsequent                            Exchange under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii)
                                                  way recovery rate movements affect the                  amendments, all written statements                    of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2)
                                                  CDS market value in reality. Therefore,                 with respect to the proposed rule                     thereunder,4 which renders the
                                                  LCH SA does not believe that the                        change that are filed with the                        proposed rule change effective upon
                                                  proposed rule change imposes any                        Commission, and all written                           filing with the Commission. The
                                                  burden on competition that is not                       communications relating to the                        Commission is publishing this notice to
                                                  necessary or appropriate in furtherance                 proposed rule change between the                      solicit comments on the proposed rule
                                                  of the purposes of the Act.                             Commission and any person, other than                 change from interested persons.
                                                                                                          those that may be withheld from the
                                                  C. Clearing Agency’s Statement on                       public in accordance with the                         I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  Comments on the Proposed Rule                           provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be                   Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                  Change Received From Members,                           available for Web site viewing and                    the Proposed Rule Change
                                                  Participants or Others                                  printing in the Commission’s Public                      The Exchange filed a proposal to
                                                    Written comments relating to the                      Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,                     amend the fee schedule applicable to
                                                  proposed rule change have not been                      Washington, DC 20549, on official                     Members 5 and non-members of the
                                                  solicited or received. LCH SA will                      business days between the hours of                    Exchange pursuant to BYX Rules 15.1(a)
                                                  notify the Commission of any written                    10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such               and (c).
                                                  comments received by LCH SA.                            filings will also be available for                       The text of the proposed rule change
                                                                                                          inspection and copying at the principal               is available at the Exchange’s Web site
                                                  III. Date of Effectiveness of the
                                                                                                          office of LCH SA and on LCH SA’s Web                  at www.bats.com, at the principal office
                                                  Proposed Rule Change and Timing for                     site at http://www.lch.com/asset-
                                                  Commission Action                                                                                             of the Exchange, and at the
                                                                                                          classes/cdsclear. All comments received               Commission’s Public Reference Room.
                                                     Within 45 days of the date of                        will be posted without change; the
                                                  publication of this notice in the Federal               Commission does not edit personal                     II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                  Register or within such longer period                   identifying information from                          Statement of the Purpose of, and
                                                  up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may                 submissions. You should submit only                   Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  designate if it finds such longer period                information that you wish to make                     Change
                                                  to be appropriate and publishes its                     available publicly. All submissions
                                                                                                                                                                  In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                  reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which              should refer to File Number SR–LCH
                                                                                                                                                                Exchange included statements
                                                  the self-regulatory organization                        SA–2017–003 and should be submitted
                                                                                                                                                                concerning the purpose of and basis for
                                                  consents, the Commission will:                          on or before May 10, 2017.
                                                     (A) by order approve or disapprove                                                                         the proposed rule change and discussed
                                                                                                            For the Commission, by the Division of              any comments it received on the
                                                  such proposed rule change, or                           Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
                                                     (B) institute proceedings to determine                                                                     proposed rule change. The text of these
                                                                                                          authority.10
                                                  whether the proposed rule change                                                                              statements may be examined at the
                                                                                                          Brent J. Fields,                                      places specified in Item IV below. The
                                                  should be disapproved.                                  Secretary.                                            Exchange has prepared summaries, set
                                                  IV. Solicitation of Comments                            [FR Doc. 2017–07872 Filed 4–18–17; 8:45 am]           forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
                                                    Interested persons are invited to                     BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                the most significant parts of such
                                                  submit written data, views, and                                                                               statements.
                                                  arguments concerning the foregoing,                                                                           A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                                                  including whether the proposed rule                                                                           Statement of the Purpose of, and the
                                                                                                          COMMISSION
                                                  change is consistent with the Act.                                                                            Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
                                                  Comments may be submitted by any of                     [Release No. 34–80447; File No. SR–                   Change
                                                  the following methods:                                  BatsBYX–2017–06]
                                                                                                                                                                1. Purpose
                                                  Electronic Comments                                     Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats
                                                                                                          BYX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing                     The Exchange proposes to amend its
                                                    • Use the Commission’s Internet
                                                                                                          and Immediate Effectiveness of a                      fee schedule to: (i) Adopt fee code PL;
                                                  comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
                                                                                                          Proposed Rule Change Related to Fees                  and (ii) modify its description of fee
                                                  rules/sro.shtml); or
                                                                                                                                                                code PX. The Exchange recently
                                                    • Send an email to rule-comments@                     April 13, 2017.                                       implemented a new midpoint routing
                                                  sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–                    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                strategy known as RMPL,6 under which
                                                  LCH SA–2017–003 on the subject line.                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                  a MidPoint Peg Order 7 first checks the
                                                  Paper Comments                                          ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
                                                                                                          notice is hereby given that on March 31,
                                                     • Send paper comments in triplicate                                                                          3 15  U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
                                                                                                          2017, Bats BYX Exchange, Inc. (the                      4 17  CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
                                                  to Secretary, Securities and Exchange                   ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BYX’’) filed with the                  5 The term ‘‘Member’’ is defined as ‘‘any
                                                  Commission, 100 F Street NE.,                           Securities and Exchange Commission                    registered broker or dealer that has been admitted
                                                  Washington, DC 20549–1090.                              (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                    to membership in the Exchange.’’ See Exchange
                                                  All submissions should refer to File                                                                          Rule 1.5(n).
                                                                                                          change as described in Items I, II and III               6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79603
                                                  Number SR–LCH SA–2017–003. This
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                                                                                                          below, which Items have been prepared                 (December 19, 2016), 81 FR 94440 (December 23,
                                                  file number should be included on the                   by the Exchange. The Exchange has                     2016) (SR–BatsBYX–2016–41) (‘‘RMPL Filing’’).
                                                  subject line if email is used. To help the              designated the proposed rule change as                   7 In sum, a MidPoint Peg Order is a non-displayed

                                                  Commission process and review your                      one establishing or changing a member                 Market Order or Limit Order with an instruction to
                                                  comments more efficiently, please use                                                                         execute at the midpoint of the NBBO, or,
                                                                                                                                                                alternatively, pegged to the less aggressive of the
                                                  only one method. The Commission will                      10 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                          midpoint of the NBBO or one minimum price
                                                  post all comments on the Commission’s                     1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                              variation inside the same side of the NBBO as the
                                                  Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/                    2 17 CFR 240.19b–4.                                 order. See Exchange Rule 11.9(c)(9).



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