82 FR 56169 - Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants; Correction

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 227 (November 28, 2017)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is correcting a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2016. The rule, concerning margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants, took effect on April 1, 2016. This correction rectifies errors in cross-references in a particular section of the final rule.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56169-56170]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25627]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 23

RIN 3038-AC97


Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and 
Major Swap Participants; Correction

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) 
is correcting a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 
6, 2016. The rule, concerning margin requirements for uncleared swaps 
for swap dealers and major swap participants, took effect on April 1, 
2016. This correction rectifies errors in cross-references in a 
particular section of the final rule.

DATES: Effective on November 28, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Smith, Deputy Director, 202-
418-5495, [email protected], or Mark Bretscher, Attorney-Advisor, 312-
596-0529, [email protected], Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary 
Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of January 6, 2016 
(81 FR 636), the CFTC published final rules adopting new regulations to 
implement a particular provision of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 
as added by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act (Dodd-Frank Act).\1\ This provision requires the Commission to 
adopt initial and variation margin requirements for certain swap 
dealers and major swap participants. In implementing the regulations, 
staff has discovered cross-reference errors in Sec.  23.156 of the 
regulations. As published, 17 CFR 23.156(a)(3) includes erroneous 
cross-references to 17 CFR 23.156(a)(1)(iv). Instead, the cross-
references should be to 17 CFR 23.156(a)(1)(v). Accordingly, the 
Commission is making a correcting amendment to 17 CFR 23.156(a)(3) that 
removes the erroneous cross-references to 17 CFR 23.156(a)(1)(iv) and 
replaces them with corrected cross-references to 17 CFR 
23.156(a)(1)(v).
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    \1\ See Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act, Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376 (2010).
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List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 23

    Swaps, Swap dealers, Major swap participants, Capital and margin 
requirements.

    Accordingly, 17 CFR part 23 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 23--SWAP DEALERS AND MAJOR SWAP PARTICIPANTS

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1. The authority citation for part 23 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6b, 6b-1, 6c, 6p, 6r, 6s, 6t, 
9, 9a, 12, 12a, 13b, 13c, 16a, 18, 19, 21.

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2. In Sec.  23.156, revise paragraph (a)(3)(i)(B) to read as follows:


Sec.  23.156  Forms of margin.

    (a) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (B) The discounts set forth in the following table:

                      Standardized Haircut Schedule
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Cash in same currency as swap obligation................             0.0
Eligible government and related debt (e.g., central                  0.5
 bank, multilateral development bank, GSE securities
 identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of this section):
 Residual maturity less than one-year...................
Eligible government and related debt (e.g., central                  2.0
 bank, multilateral development bank, GSE securities
 identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of this section):
 Residual maturity between one and five years...........
Eligible government and related debt (e.g., central                  4.0
 bank, multilateral development bank, GSE securities
 identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of this section):
 Residual maturity greater than five years..............
Eligible corporate debt (including eligible GSE debt                 1.0
 securities not identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of
 this section): Residual maturity less than one-year....
Eligible corporate debt (including eligible GSE debt                 4.0
 securities not identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of
 this section): Residual maturity between one and five
 years..................................................
Eligible corporate debt (including eligible GSE debt                 8.0
 securities not identified in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of
 this section): Residual maturity greater than five
 years..................................................
Equities included in S&P 500 or related index...........            15.0
Equities included in S&P 1500 Composite or related index            25.0
 but not S&P 500 or related index.......................
Gold....................................................            15.0
Additional (additive) haircut on asset in which the                  8.0
 currency of the swap obligation differs from that of
 the collateral asset...................................
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2017, by the 
Commission.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.

    Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Appendix to Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers 
and Major Swap Participants; Correction--Commission Voting Summary

    On this matter, Chairman Giancarlo and Commissioners Quintenz 
and Behnam voted in the affirmative. No Commissioner voted in the 
negative.

[FR Doc. 2017-25627 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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