IDTA News

IDTA submitted a comment letter in response regarding the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation — Proposed Rule Change (File No. SR-FICC-2026-008) and Advance Notice (File No. SR-FICC-2026-802) To Establish a Guaranty Fund in the Government Securities Division1.

James Tabacchi, CEO of South Street Securities Holdings Inc., and Stephen Hood, Head of Clearing Americas at Marex, were quoted in Risk.net's "Clearers Face Heavy Lift on CME-FICC Cross-Margin Service" by Paulina Pielichata, as the industry works to stand up CME-FICC cross-margining ahead of the SEC's clearing mandates.

IDTA Chairman James Tabacchi provided testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee at the "Examining Primary Dealers and Balance Sheet Constraints" hearing.

The IDTA published a White Paper proposing a number of Treasury market reforms. The IDTA believes that these proposed reforms are necessary to couple with the SEC’s proposed Treasury central clearing mandate, in order to reduce concentration of risk and increase competition and diversity in the market.

The IDTA submitted a press release to announce the organization's strategic rebrand and website launch.

The IDTA submitted a comment letter in response to the SEC’s proposed rule on mandatory central clearing of U.S. Treasury securities.

The IDTA submitted a comment letter in response to the SEC’s proposed rule on clearing agency governance and conflicts of interest.

The IDTA submitted a comment letter in response to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) proposed rule on Enterprise Liquidity Requirements (RIN 2590-AB09).

The IDTA and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) submitted joint comment letters in response to the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Calculation of the MBSD VaR Floor to Incorporate a Minimum Margin Amount (SR-FICC-2020-017; SR-FICC-2020-804).

The IDTA published a White Paper on the Repo Market Affecting U.S. Treasury and Agency MBS.