• Postponement of Amendments to CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX Rule 853. (“Transfers of Trades and Customer Accounts”)

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
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      • SER-8836R
      • Notice Date
      • 27 August 2021
      • Effective Date
      • 27 August 2021

    • SER 8836R supersedes SER 8836 dated August 12, 2021, and is being issued to advise that the previously announced amendments to CME, CBOT, and NYMEX/COMEX Rule 853. (“Transfers of Trades and Customer Accounts”) concerning a provision under which a clearing member could manage the liquidation and hedging of a defaulting customer within its house account provided the clearing member had a contractual right to transfer the position has been postponed until further notice.

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