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市場規制 · 2026/7/17

Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") is amending the margin requirements for uncleared swaps applicable to swap dealers and major swap participants that are not subject to the margin rules of a prudential regulator. The amendment revises the definition of "margin affiliate" in the Commission's regulations to provide that certain collective investment vehicles ("investment funds" or "funds") that receive start-up capital from a sponsor entity ("seeded funds") would be deemed not to have any margin affiliates or to constitute margin affiliates of another entity for the purposes of calculating certain thresholds that trigger the requirement to exchange initial margin for uncleared swaps ("Seeded Funds Amendment"). The Seeded Funds Amendment relieves swap dealers and major swap participants subject to the Commission's uncleared swaps margin rules from the requirement to post and collect initial margin with certain eligible seeded funds for a period of up to three years from the date on which the eligible seeded fund's asset manager begins making investments on behalf of the fund ("trading inception date"). The Commission is also eliminating a provision disqualifying