CFTC To Hold An Open Commission Meeting On September 8th To Consider System Safeguards Testing Requirements Final Rules And A Comparability Determination For Japan Uncleared Swap Margin Rules For Substituted Compliance Purposes

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Chairman Tim Massad announced today that the Commission will hold an open meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10 a.m. to consider the following:

• Final Rule - System Safeguards Testing Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations (Division of Clearing and Risk) 
  
  
• Final Rule - System Safeguards Testing Requirements (Division of Market Oversight)
  
  
• Comparability Determination for Japan Uncleared Swap Margin Rules for Substituted Compliance Purposes

The meeting is open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public may also watch a live webcast or listen to the meeting via conference call using a domestic toll-free telephone or international toll or toll-free number to connect to a live, listen-only audio feed.

Viewing/Listening Instructions: Watch the live webcast at www.cftc.gov. To listen to the live audio feed, call the toll or toll-free numbers listed under Related Links. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name and affiliation. Conference call information below:

• RELATED LINKS
• International Dial-In Numbers