Expansion of Acceptable Agency Securities as PB Collateral

Clearing House Advisory Notices

To	Clearing Member Firms, Chief Financial Officers, Treasury Managers and Back Office Managers
From	Clearing House Department
Subject	Expansion of Acceptable Agency Securities as PB Collateral
Notice Date	2004-05-11
Notice Number	04-82
Effective Date
The Clearing House of CME is pleased to announce the expansion of agency securities as acceptable performance bond collateral. This new expansion applies to the direct deposit of agency securities through CME’s current custodians and to the IEF3 and IEF4 specialized collateral programs. The Clearing House recognizes the importance to its member firms of accepting a broad range of securities, especially with agency securities. The Clearing House has completed a review of agency securities and the agency securities described in this memo are now acceptable as performance bond collateral effective immediately. For the full text of this advisory...