Proposal To Provide Exemptive Relief To Facilitate Cross-Margining of Customer Positions Cleared at Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is proposing to issue an order pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") that would provide exemptive relief from the CEA and Commission regulations related to segregation and protection of futures customer funds. The order would permit joint clearing members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. ("CME") and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation ("FICC") that are dually registered as broker-dealers with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and futures commission merchants ("FCMs") with the Commission ("BD-FCMs") to hold futures customer funds in a commingled customer account at FICC.