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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are jointly soliciting public feedback on a unified portfolio margin framework that would span both securities and derivatives markets.
The request covers cross-margining arrangements, collateral standards, and risk management practices — areas regulators say warrant fresh scrutiny as cryptocurrency derivatives and multi-asset trading continue to expand.
What the Agencies Are Asking The two regulators are seeking input rather than issuing a rule, meaning the process is still at the information-gathering stage.
The joint inquiry focuses on how margin could be calculated across asset classes simultaneously — a concept known as cross-margining — rather than requiring traders to post separate collateral pools for securities positions held at one clearinghouse and derivatives positions held at another.
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