Questions remain over US CCP liquidity rules

Markets regulators will not require CCPs to have contractual liquidity commitments - but Fed is said to retain concerns and CCPs need approval from both camps

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Recent rulemakings from US markets regulators have eased fears that central counterparties (CCPs) would be prevented from counting US Treasury collateral towards their liquidity reserves, but the issue may not have been completely settled, with the Federal Reserve said to have continuing concerns that it could be impossible under some circumstances to immediately liquidate large amounts of securities. CME Group has been waiting since December for both groups of regulators to approve its amended

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