September 21, 2016

CFTC Staff to Host a Public Roundtable on CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on CCP Resilience & Recovery

Washington, DC — Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on October 6, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to discuss the recent CPMI-IOSCO guidance on central counterparty (CCP) resilience and recovery.

The goal of the roundtable is to gather the perspective of different stakeholder groups, on a detailed and technical level, regarding the impact this guidance will have in the context of U.S. Derivatives Clearing Organizations (DCOs). The roundtable will include panelists from U.S. DCOs, their clearing members (futures commission merchants or FCMs), and the customers of their participants and others.

The full title of the guidance, issued August 16, 2016, is CPMI-IOSCO Consultative Report on Resilience and Recovery of Central Counterparties (CCPs): Further Guidance on the PFMI. It is available at CPMI-IOSCO Consultative Report.

The roundtable will be held in the Conference Center at CFTC's headquarters at Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21^st Street NW, Washington, DC. The discussion will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Persons requiring special accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should notify Tracey Wingate at (202) 418–5319. Members of the public may also listen by telephone and should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, and affiliation.

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For further information contact: Tracey Wingate, Special Counsel, Division of Clearing and Risk, at (202) 418–5319 or [email protected].

Last Updated: September 21, 2016