T1
SEC
High Confidence
Final Rule
SEC Approves Exemptive Order and Proposed Rule Change to Permit Customer Cross-Margining in the U.S. Treasury Market
Enhancing Treasury market liquidity and operational efficiency through customer cross-margining capabilities
MODERATE
Impact Level
Top: operational (4)
Classification
- Regulatory Program
- Treasury Market Cross-Margining
- Doc Type
- Final Rule
- Effective Date
- 2026-04-15
- Days to Action
- -92
- Comment Deadline
- —
- Published
- —
Urgency Basis
Final rule effective April 15, 2026, which is within 30 days from today (June 2, 2026)
Operational Context
Flags
Systems Change Required
Legal Review Required
Examination Focus
Affected Functions
Trading
Risk Management
Compliance
Operations
Treasury
Institution Applicability
Broker-Dealers
Futures Commission Merchants
Dual Registrants
Ficc Members
Cme Members
Impact by Category
Compliance
3
Operational
4
Data Governance
2
Model Risk
3
Reporting & Disclosure
2
Capital & Liquidity
4
Consumer Protection
1
Third-Party Risk
3
Key Requirements
- Obtain dual registration as broker-dealer and futures commission merchant
- Become joint clearing member of both FICC and CME
- Implement customer cross-margining systems and procedures
- Comply with exemptive order conditions for customer protection
- Update risk management models for cross-margined positions
- Establish operational procedures for FICC-CME coordination
Scoring Rationale
Moderate to high operational impact due to systems requirements and capital efficiency benefits, but limited to specific Treasury market participants with dual registration
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