Order Designating the Unique Product Identifier and Product Classification System To Be Used in Recordkeeping and Swap Data Reporting

Résumé

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") has issued an Order to designate a unique product identifier and product classification system to be used in swap recordkeeping and data reporting. The Commission has determined that the unique product identifiers issued by the Derivatives Service Bureau Limited for swaps in the credit, equity, foreign exchange, and interest rate asset classes comply with the Commission's requirements for a unique product identifier and product classification system, and have designated them as such. The Order requires registered entities and swap counterparties to use unique product identifiers issued by the Derivatives Service Bureau Limited for swaps in the credit, equity, foreign exchange, and interest rate asset classes to comply with certain of the Commission's swap recordkeeping and reporting requirements.