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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Alert! CFTC today issued an order to designate a unique product identifier and product classification system to be used in swap recordkeeping and reporting. More details inside.

* Federal Register (downloads pdf) * Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero Statement * Commissioner Caroline D. Pham Statement Press release: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8659-23 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order to designate a unique product identifier and product classification system to be used in swap recordkeeping and reporting.
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SEC Alert! Special filing with Federal Register: SEC submits notice for another CLOSED door meeting via Sunshine Act for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 23, 2023.

Source: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-03650.pdf The subject matter of the closed meeting will consist of the following topics: * Institution and settlement of injunctive actions; * Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; * Resolution of litigation claims; and * Other matters relating to examinations and enforcement proceedings Reddit Post
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SEC Alert! Commissioner Hester M. Peirce statement on SEC rules to shorten settlement cycle: 'I support the plan to move to T+1, but do not support the proposed timeline for making this change... I propose instead a September 3, 2024 implementation date.'

Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-statement-settlement-cycle-021523 Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the staff in the Divisions of Trading and Markets, Economic and Risk Analysis, and Investment Management, and the Office of the General Counsel for your hard work on this rulemaking. I enjoyed our interactions
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SEC Alert! SEC today adopted rule changes to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions in securities from two business days after the trade date (T+2) to one (T+1).

Source documents: Final Rule (314 pages) Fact Sheet https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-29 Gary Gensler Tweet on it: https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1625884241656414209 We just adopted rules & rule amendments to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most securities transactions. Taken together, these amendments will make our
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