Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Securities and Exchange Commission [Release No. 34-77079; File No. SR-ICC-2016-002] Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”)  [ 1 ] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder, [ 2 ] notice is hereby given that on January 27, 2016, ICE Clear Credit LLC (“ICC”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) a proposed rule change to adopt new rules that will provide the basis for ICC to clear certain Asia-Pacific credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts, as described in Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared primarily by ICC. On January 29, 2016, ICC filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposal. [ 3 ] The Commission is publishing this notice, as modified by Amendment No. 1, to solicit comments on the proposed rule change, from interested persons. I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change ICC is proposing an amendment to its previously submitted proposed rule change to adopt new rules that will provide the basis for ICC to clear certain Asia-Pacific CDS contracts. Specifically, ICC proposed to amend Chapter 26 of the ICC Rulebook (“ICC Rules”) to add Subchapters 26J and 26L to provide for the clearance of iTraxx Asia/Pacific CDS contracts (“iTraxx Asia/Pacific Contracts”) and Standard Asia/Pacific Sovereign CDS contracts (“SAS Contracts”, collectively with iTraxx Asia/Pacific Contracts &ld…
Citation: 81 FR 7613
