| OCC |
Proposed rule change would make permanent the current discount clearing fee schedule for specified contracts, further discount the newly adopted clearing fee schedule, and modify the new product clearing fee schedule, effective May 1, 2007. |
04/11/2007 |
Certified |
05/01/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Various changes to clearing fee schedule |
08/03/2007 |
Certified |
08/03/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
The definition of Exchange Market in Chapter 1 is amended to add Carbon Financial Instrument Futures to be traded on Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, LLC. |
08/01/2007 |
Certified |
08/03/2007 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Clearing members prohibited from making cash disbursements to customers; additional ATM machines installed for cash access for customers |
07/25/2007 |
Certified |
08/03/2007 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Haircut reduction on MM mutual funds as margin from 5 to 2 percent |
07/13/2007 |
Certified |
08/03/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Deletion of swap product traded and cleared OTC (ethanol previous month) |
07/25/2007 |
Certified |
08/14/2007 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Rule 550 - Permit wider range of post settlement session prices for agricultural products. |
08/01/2007 |
Certified |
08/27/2007 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Notice to Members Regarding Documentary Obligations/Standards for ClearPort Clearing Transactions |
08/21/2007 |
Certified |
08/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market amended to include new products traded on Chicago Climate Futures Exchange |
08/22/2007 |
Certified |
08/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Amendments to Schedule B of Exchange User License Agreement referencing additional trade types available for submission to ClearPort Clearing |
08/16/2007 |
Certified |
08/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Modify procedures for determining the daily settlement price for 30 year T-Bonds |
08/28/2007 |
Certified |
09/04/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Cleared-only Fuel Ethanol Basis Swaps traded OTC |
09/04/2007 |
Certified |
09/05/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Elimination or reduction of fees to clearing members for theoretical profit and loss values |
09/18/2007 |
Certified |
09/19/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market amended to include new products traded on USFE |
09/12/2007 |
Certified |
09/19/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
New rules governing the substitution process in which an OTC transaction in currency and U.S. Dollar Index executed on a bilateral basis is submitted to ICLR in exchange for an equivalent number of futures contracts that are "cleared-only." |
09/11/2007 |
Certified |
09/19/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Specifications for three basis swap products that will be traded OTC and cleared through CBT's clearing service provider |
09/10/2007 |
Certified |
09/19/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market is amended to add new products to be traded on CCFE and USFE as follows: Nitrogen Financial Instrument Futures and European Carbon Financial Instrument Futures on CCFE and Spot Equivalent Futures Currencies in the following |
09/19/2007 |
Certified |
09/20/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market is ameded to include new product IFEX U.S. Wind Binary Futures Contracts. |
09/21/2007 |
Certified |
09/24/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market is amended to add ten index futures contracts that will be traded on USFE |
09/27/2007 |
Certified |
10/04/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Amendment of definition of "fund share" to include a security as defined in Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
10/04/2007 |
Certified |
10/09/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Modification of procedures for determining daily settlement prices for CBOT 10 year U.S. Treasury Note Options |
10/15/2007 |
Certified |
10/17/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Modification of description of assignment proceudres for processing exercise notices to reflect expanded use of sub-accounts established by a clearing member for a single beneficial owner |
10/09/2007 |
Certified |
10/17/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
Rule 5.03 of ICE Futures U.S. is amended to allow different margin rates for arbitrge positions in coffee, sugar, and cocoa futures and options - positions held on Euronext-LIFFE. Member firms must collect margin applicable to arbitrage positions. |
10/17/2007 |
Certified |
10/22/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Rule changes necessary to accommodate the introduction of delayed start options by CBOE |
10/09/2007 |
Certified |
10/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Interp clarifying that "securities contracts" and 'commodity contracts" held by a CLM in a proprietary account are held pursuant to "a cross-margining agreement or similar arrangement" for purposes of Section 561(b)(3)(A) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code |
10/23/2007 |
Certified |
10/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Revised Chapter 8 regarding Clearing House and Performance Bonds and Chapter 9 regarding Clearing Members to harmonize with the CME's rulebook since the two DCOs are affiliated under a common parent entity, CME Group, Inc. |
10/25/2007 |
Certified |
10/25/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Amendment of rules to expand use and functionality of sub-accounts available to clearing members. |
09/28/2007 |
Certified |
10/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| CME |
Revised Chapters 8 and 9 regarding Clearing House and Performance Bond and Clearing Members to harmonize with CBT rulebook Chapters 8 and 9 on the same topics since they are affiliated under common parent |
10/25/2007 |
Certified |
10/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| MIAX |
Amendment to Rule 2102.00 to clarify and codify routine daily operation to collect intra-day variations from clearing members. |
11/09/2007 |
Certified |
11/16/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market in Chapter 1 is amended to add options on Certified Emission Reduction Futures traded on Chicago Climate Futures Exchange, LLC. |
11/15/2007 |
Certified |
11/16/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
Amendments to increase the minimum required deposit to the Guaranty Fund and eliminate the defunct category of self-clearing member |
11/21/2007 |
Certified |
11/27/2007 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Modification of procedures for determining the daily settlement price for CBT 2 year and 5 year U.S. Treasury note options |
11/20/2007 |
Certified |
11/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
Amendment of eligibility requirements for clearing members |
11/21/2007 |
Certified |
11/29/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Modification of fees applied to late exercise notices whether at expiration or non-expiration and circumstances under which cut-off time for submission of exercise instructions can be extended |
12/07/2007 |
Certified |
12/27/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Implementation of new discounted fee schedule and continuation of the market maker scratch fee discount effective 1/1/08 |
12/07/2007 |
Certified |
12/27/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Reduction of threshold amounts used to determine the equity options that are deemed to be in the money for purposes of exercise by exception processing. |
12/07/2007 |
Certified |
12/27/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Establishment of a program with ICE Clear for the cross-margining of certain securities options contracts with futures and options cleared by ICE Clear |
12/12/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Amendments to integrate common stocks and ETFs into the STANS margin calculation methodology |
12/14/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of exchange market amended to include binary options on prices of euros, yen, australian dollar, oil, gold and silver traded on USFE |
12/10/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
Rule amendment requiring the execution and provision of cross-margining documents by clearing members in order to participate |
12/17/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
To modify requirements for assets to be used as guarantee fund deposits or margin |
12/19/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| ICLR US |
To extend the benefits of a cross-margining program to non-members of the exchange |
12/17/2007 |
Certified |
12/28/2007 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Change in method used to value U.S. Treasuries in fulfillment of performance bond requirements and allowing clearing members to deposit certain types of treasuries and foregin currencies and debt as performance bond. |
01/14/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Rule 309 amended to permit expedited review of facilities management agreements proposed to be entered into by existing clearing members that desire to become a managed clearing member |
01/09/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| MIAX |
Amend Rule 2104 to remove current security deposit limits for clearing members and permit the flexibiltiy to establish such amounts as the clearing house determines necessary. |
01/14/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| NYMEX |
Resubmission of rule accidentally omitted from rulebook: 2.32 - allows primary clearing members to issue a temporary 30 day guarantee to lease members who had their trading equity fall below the required minimums. |
01/23/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Rule amendments to improve definitions of and establishing consistent usage for, the terms "settlement price" and "final settlement price" as applied to futures contracts cleared by OCC as well as to reflect a change in a service offered by OCC. |
01/24/2008 |
Certified |
02/04/2008 |
|
1 |
| CCORP |
Definition of Exchange Market amended to add new Global Clearing Link contracts; Appendix 9B amended to add settlement procedures and minimum block size for such contracts; 9B sections re-referenced re original contracts' settlement price rules |
01/09/2008 |
Certified |
02/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| CBT |
Reduction in minimum price increments for CBT cleared-only OTC Denatured Fuel Ethanol Swap products |
01/04/2008 |
Certified |
02/12/2008 |
|
1 |
| OCC |
Modify pro rata assignment procedure description to eliminate reference to application to exercises of physical delivery, flexibly structured FCOs that are securities options since no longer traded on Phlx |
02/13/2008 |
Certified |
02/14/2008 |
|
1 |
