Meeting Date:
Thursday, September 12, 2019
CFTC Staff:
Sarah E. Josephson, Melissa A. D’Arcy, Michael Garvey, Paul Schlichting, Michael Penick, and Ayla Kayhan.
Organization(s):
OneChicago, LLC
External Attendees:
Sheila Swartz (SEC), Abraham Jacob (SEC), and Maciej Szefler (SEC) participated from the SEC.
Thomas McCabe (OneChicago, LLC), and Graham Deese (OneChicago, LLC).
Additional Information:
CFTC and SEC staff met with representatives from
OneChicago, LLC to discuss the economic terms of their Securities Transfer and
Return Spreads (“STARS”) products.
OneChicago, LLC representatives explained the economic function of STARS
transfers and their similarity to equity repurchase agreements or stock loan
agreements. OneChicago, LLC reiterated
support for the points included in its comment letter to the joint notice of
proposed rulemaking on Customer Margin Rules Relating to Security Futures (July
26, 2019, 84 FR 36434).