On January 22, 2016, the CFTC granted permanent registration to 18 Swap Execution Facilities that trade interest rate swaps and credit default swaps, all of which were previously operating under temporary registration status. The SEFs approved for registration are: 360 Trading Networks Inc.; BGC Derivatives Markets, L.P.; Bloomberg SEF LLC; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; DW SEF LLC; GFI Swaps Exchange LLC; ICAP Global Derivatives Limited; ICAP SEF (US) LLC; ICE Swap Trade, LLC; Javelin SEF, LLC; LatAm SEF, LLC; MarketAxess SEF Corporation; SwapEx, LLC; Thomson Reuters (SEF) LLC; tpSEF Inc.; Tradition SEF, Inc.; trueEX LLC; and TW SEF LLC. The CFTC continues to review the registration of five remaining SEFs that are currently operating under temporary registration status.
More information regarding the CFTC-registered SEFs is available at: http://sirt.cftc.gov/SIRT/SIRT.aspx?Topic=SwapExecutionFacilities.
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