Notice2025-19176

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Add Basis Risk Haircut Charge to Certain Models

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 188 (Wednesday, October 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47437-47441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19176]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-104116; File No. SR-FICC-2025-018]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; 
Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Add Basis Risk Haircut Charge 
to Certain Models

September 29, 2025.

I. Introduction

    On August 15, 2025, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (``FICC'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ proposed rule change SR-
FICC-2025-018 (``Proposed Rule Change'') \3\ to make changes to the GSD 
Methodology Document--GSD Initial Market Risk Margin Model (``QRM 
Methodology Document'') \4\ in order to incorporate the mortgage-backed 
securities (``MBS'') pool/to-be-announced (``TBA'') basis risk haircut

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charge into certain GSD margin models. The Proposed Rule Change was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on August 29, 2025.\5\ 
The Commission has received no comments on the proposed rule change. 
For the reasons discussed below, the Commission is approving the 
Proposed Rule Change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in FICC's 
Government Securities Division (``GSD'') Rulebook (``Rules''), 
available at <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures">www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures</a>.
    \4\ As part of the Proposed Rule Change, FICC filed, as Exhibit 
5, changes proposed to the QRM Methodology Document. Pursuant to 17 
CFR 240.24b-2, FICC requested confidential treatment of Exhibit 5.
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 103780 (Aug. 15, 
2025), 90 FR 42284 (Aug. 29, 2025) (File No. SR-FICC-2025-018) 
(``Notice of Filing'').
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II. Background

    FICC is a central counterparty (``CCP''), which means it interposes 
itself as the buyer to every seller and seller to every buyer for the 
financial transactions it clears. FICC's GSD provides trade comparison, 
netting, risk management, settlement, and central counterparty services 
for the U.S. Government securities market.\6\ As such, FICC is exposed 
to the risk that one or more of its members may fail to make a payment 
or to deliver securities.
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    \6\ FICC's Mortgage-Backed Securities Division provides similar 
services for mortgage-backed securities. For purposes of this Order, 
``FICC'' refers to GSD.
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    A key tool that FICC uses to manage its credit exposures to its 
members is the daily collection of the Required Fund Deposit (i.e., 
margin) from each member. A member's margin is designed to mitigate 
potential losses associated with liquidation of the member's portfolio 
in the event of that member's default. The aggregated amount of all GSD 
members' margin constitutes the Clearing Fund, which FICC would be able 
to access should a defaulted member's own margin be insufficient to 
satisfy losses to FICC caused by the liquidation of that member's 
portfolio.
    FICC's Rules refer to margin in two ways, depending on the types of 
members and accounts involved. First, the Required Fund Deposit is the 
sum of each member's proprietary accounts and its indirect participant 
accounts not designated as Segregated Indirect Participant Accounts.\7\ 
Second, the Segregated Customer Margin Requirement is the sum of the 
member's Sponsoring Member Omnibus Accounts and Agent Clearing Member 
Omnibus Accounts designated as Segregated Indirect Participant 
Accounts.\8\
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    \7\ See GSD Rule 4 (Clearing Fund and Loss Allocation), supra 
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    \8\ Id.
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    Both the Required Fund Deposit and Segregated Customer Margin 
Requirement consist of several components, each of which is calculated 
to address specific risks faced by FICC arising out of its members' 
trading activity.\9\ For both, the components include, among others, a 
VaR charge (``VaR Charge'') designed to capture the potential market 
price risk associated with the securities in a member's portfolio.\10\
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    \9\ See GSD Rule Book, Margin Component Schedule, Sections 2 and 
5, supra note 3.
    \10\ Id.
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a. Sensitivity-Based VaR Methodology and Other Margin Methodologies

    The VaR Charge uses a sensitivity-based VaR methodology and is 
based on the potential price volatility of unsettled positions in a 
member's portfolio. It is designed to project the potential losses that 
could occur in connection with the liquidation of a defaulting member's 
portfolio, assuming the portfolio would take three days to liquidate in 
normal market conditions and uses three inputs: (1) confidence level, 
(2) a time horizon and (3) historical market volatility.\11\ The 
projected liquidation gains or losses are used to determine the amount 
of the VaR Charge for each portfolio, which is calculated to capture 
the market price risk associated with each portfolio at a 99 percent 
confidence level.
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    \11\ FICC uses historical simulations to estimate the impact of 
market volatilities on the Member's portfolio. See Notice of Filing, 
supra note 5, 90 FR at 42285.
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    Occasionally, a member's portfolio might contain classes of 
securities that reflect market price changes that are not consistently 
related to historical price moves. The value of such securities is 
often uncertain because the securities' market volume varies widely. 
Because the volume and price information for such securities are not 
robust, a historical simulation approach would not generate VaR Charge 
amounts that adequately reflect the risk profile of such securities. 
For securities lacking sufficient data to employ the sensitivity-based 
VaR approach, a haircut method is applied.\12\
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    \12\ See GSD Rule 1 (Definitions--VaR Charge) supra note 3; See 
also Securities Exchange Act Release No. 83362 (June 1, 2018), 83 FR 
26514 (June 7, 2018) (SR-FICC-2018-001). Specifically, FICC 
calculates the VaR Floor by multiplying the absolute value of the 
sum of the portfolio's net long positions and net short positions, 
grouped by product and remaining maturity, by a percentage 
designated by FICC for such group. For U.S. Treasury and agency 
securities, such percentage shall be a fraction, no less than 10 
percent, of the historical minimum volatility of a benchmark fixed 
income index for such group by product and remaining maturity. For 
mortgage-backed securities, such percentage shall be a fixed 
percentage that is no less than 0.05 percent.
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    VaR Charges (i.e., the sum of the sensitivity-based VaR and any 
haircuts applied in lieu thereof) are subject to FICC's Minimum Margin 
Amount (``MMA'') model,\13\ which is designed to address the risk that 
the VaR model may calculate a VaR Charge that is too low when current 
market conditions significantly deviate from historical 
observations.\14\ In addition, because the sensitivity-based VaR 
methodology relies on sensitivity data and historical risk factor time 
series data generated by an external vendor, FICC can utilize Margin 
Proxy as a back-up VaR Charge calculation in the event that FICC 
experiences a data disruption with its third-party vendor.\15\
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    \13\ The MMA model calculates MMA, which is designed to 
supplement the sensitivity-based VaR methodology model and improve 
its responsiveness and resilience to extreme market volatility. See 
GSD Margin Component Schedule (definition of MMA), supra note 3.
    \14\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 5, 90 FR at 42285.
    \15\ See id. The Margin Proxy model calculates Margin Proxy, 
which is designed as an alternative volatility calculation in the 
event that the requisite vendor data used for the VaR model is 
unavailable for an extended period of time. See GSD Margin Component 
Schedule (definition of ``Margin Proxy''), supra note 3; Securities 
Exchange Act Release Nos. 80341 (March 30, 2017), 82 FR 16644 (April 
5, 2017) (SR-FICC-2017-801); Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
83223 (May 11, 2018), 83 FR 23020 (May 17, 2018) (SR-FICC-2018-801).
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b. MBS Pool/TBA Basis Risk Haircut Charge

    The QRM Methodology Document provides the methodology by which FICC 
calculates the VaR Charge, MMA, and Margin Proxy.\16\ The QRM 
Methodology Document includes specific model inputs, parameters, 
assumptions, and other information.
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    \16\ See QRM Methodology Document. supra note 3.
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    Under the sensitivity-based VaR methodology, each MBS pool position 
is mapped to a corresponding TBA position.\17\ FICC then uses the risk 
analytics for the TBA as a proxy for estimating the MBS pool position's 
risk exposure analytics.\18\ To account for the differences in returns 
between an MBS pool position and the corresponding TBA, FICC applies a 
basis risk adjustment (i.e., the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut 
charge).
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    \17\ The vast majority of agency MBS trading occurs in a forward 
market, on a ``to-be announced'' or ``TBA'' basis. In a TBA trade, 
the seller agrees on a sale price, but does not specify which 
particular securities will be delivered to the buyer on settlement 
day. Instead, only a few basic characteristics of the securities are 
agreed upon, such as the MBS program, maturity, coupon rate, and the 
face value of the bonds to be delivered.
    \18\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 5, 90 FR at 42285.
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    For any MBS pool position that cannot be mapped to a TBA,\19\ FICC

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applies a haircut to the MBS pool position (i.e., MBS haircut model). 
Unlike the sensitivity-based VaR methodology, the MBS haircut model 
does not incorporate differences in returns between an MBS pool 
position and the TBA (i.e., it does not reflect the MBS pool/TBA basis 
spread risk). FICC is proposing changes to incorporate the MBS pool/TBA 
basis risk haircut charge into the MBS haircut model.
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    \19\ The majority of fixed-rate mortgage (``FRM'') pools can be 
mapped to TBAs; however, all adjustable-rate mortgage (``ARM'') 
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III. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    FICC is proposing to amend the QRM Methodology Document to 
incorporate the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge into the MBS 
haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model. FICC is also 
proposing certain technical and clarification changes to the QRM 
Methodology Document.
    First, FICC is proposing to add new language in several subsections 
of the QRM Methodology Document to reflect the addition of the MBS 
pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge to the MBS haircut model, MMA model, 
and Margin Proxy model. Specifically, FICC would amend the subsection 
of the QRM Methodology Document that describes risk between MBS pools 
and TBA by adding two new paragraphs that reflect that the basis risk 
charge would be included in haircut charges calculated for (1) MBS 
haircut model with respect to MBS pools that cannot be mapped to a TBA 
and (2) Margin Proxy model with respect to all MBS pools. Additionally, 
FICC is proposing to amend the subsection of the QRM Methodology 
Document that describes the program of money-ness \20\ of a pool by 
adding a new paragraph regarding the applicable basis haircut charge 
for ARM pools. FICC is also proposing to amend the subsection of the 
QRM Methodology Document that describes the basis risk calculation for 
Margin Proxy by adding a new paragraph to note certain similarities and 
potential differences between the basis risk charge calculation for 
Margin Proxy model as compared to the other models.
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    \20\ The changes of spread are parameterized according to the 
difference between the underlying weighted average coupon and the 
current prevailing mortgage rate. This difference is also referred 
to as the ``moneyness.'' See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
88266 (Feb. 24, 2020), 85 FR 11413, 11414 (Feb. 27, 2020) (SR-FICC-
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    Second, FICC is proposing to make changes to a table in the MMA 
section of the QRM Methodology Document to reflect the addition of the 
MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge in the MMA calculation for MBS 
pool positions.
    Third, FICC is proposing to make changes to update a formula in the 
Margin Proxy section of the QRM Methodology Document to incorporate the 
MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge.
    Finally, FICC is proposing certain clarifying and technical changes 
to the QRM Methodology Document. Specifically, FICC would clarify that 
the application of the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge would not 
be limited to mapped MBS pool positions in the subsection of the QRM 
Methodology Document that describes market risks associated with 
products cleared by GSD. Additionally, FICC would clarify that that the 
applicability of the money-ness formula would not be limited to mapped 
MBS pool positions in the subsection of the QRM Methodology Document 
that describes the program and money-ness of a pool. FICC is also 
proposing a technical change to replace an outdated section reference 
in the list of key parameters section and correct a typographical error 
in the haircut formula for unmapped MBS pools in the haircut 
methodology section of the QRM Methodology Document.
    As part of the Proposed Rule Change, FICC filed an impact study on 
the effects the Proposed Rule Change would have had on their members' 
VaR Charges and margin portfolios if it had been in place during the 
period beginning April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025 (``Impact 
Study'').\21\ Specifically, the Impact Study found that that the 
aggregated average daily start-of-day (``SOD'') VaR Charges would have 
increased by approximately $56.31 million or 0.12%.\22\ The Impact 
Study indicated that the VaR model backtesting coverage would have 
remained unchanged at approximately 99.72% while the number of VaR 
model backtesting deficiencies would also have remained unchanged at 
115. As for the impacts on members' margin portfolios, the Impact Study 
found that the Proposed Rule Change would have increased the SOD VaR 
Charge by approximately $0.27 million, or 0.31%, with the largest 
average percentage increase for any member's margin portfolio of 
approximately 35.15%, or $0.34 million. The largest average dollar 
increase in SOD VaR Charges for any member margin portfolio would have 
been $8.3 million, or 0.19%.
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    \21\ FICC has requested confidential treatment of Exhibit 3, the 
Impact Study, pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2.
    \22\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 5, 90 FR at 42286.
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    Additionally, the Impact Study also examined the effects the 
Proposed Rule Change would have had on their members' VaR Charges and 
margin portfolios if Margin Proxy were deployed during the covered time 
period.\23\ Specifically, the Impact Study found that that the 
aggregated average daily SOD VaR Charges would have increased by 
approximately $2.13 billion or 4.94%.\24\ The Impact Study indicated 
that the VaR model backtesting coverage would have increased from 
approximately 99.68% to 99.71% and backtesting deficiencies would have 
been reduced from 130 to 119, or approximately 8.5%. As for the impacts 
on members' margin portfolios if Margin Proxy had been deployed, the 
Impact Study found that the Proposed Rule Change would have increased 
the SOD VaR Charge by approximately $10.32 million, or 4.04%, with the 
largest average percentage increase for any member's margin portfolio 
of approximately 110.5%, or $175.30 million. The largest average dollar 
increase in SOD VaR Charge for any member margin portfolio would have 
been $187.17 million, or 14.97%.
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    \23\ Margin Proxy was not actually deployed during the time 
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    \24\ See id.
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IV. Discussion and Commission Findings

    Section 19(b)(2)(C) of the Act \25\ directs the Commission to 
approve a proposed rule change of a self-regulatory organization if it 
finds that such proposed rule change is consistent with the 
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder applicable to such organization. After carefully considering 
the Proposed Rule Change, the Commission finds that the Proposed Rule 
Change is consistent with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the 
rules and regulations thereunder applicable to FICC. In particular, the 
Commission finds that the Proposed Rule Change is consistent with 
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act,\26\ and Rules 17Ad-22(e)(4)(i) and 
(e)(6)(ii) \27\ thereunder, as described in detail below.
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    \25\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(C).
    \26\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \27\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(4)(i); 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(6)(i).
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A. Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act

    Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act, requires the rules of a clearing 
agency to be designed to, among other things, assure the safeguarding 
of securities and funds which are in the custody or control of the 
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which it is responsible.\28\ The Proposed Rule Change is consistent 
with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act for the reasons discussed below.
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    \28\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    As described above in Section III, FICC proposes to amend the QRM 
Methodology Document to incorporate the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut 
charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model, 
along with other clarifying and technical changes. As discussed above 
in more detail in Section III.B, by incorporating the MBS pool/TBA 
basis risk haircut charge into these models, the Proposed Rule Change 
should help ensure that FICC collects sufficient margin to manage 
member-level credit risk exposure and backtesting performance 
associated with MBS pool/TBA basis spread risk from MBS pool positions 
in member portfolios. By helping FICC to collect sufficient margin, the 
Proposed Rule Change should better ensure that, in the event of a 
member default, FICC's operation of its critical clearance and 
settlement services would not be disrupted because of insufficient 
financial resources. Accordingly, the Proposed Rule Change should help 
FICC to continue providing prompt and accurate clearance and settlement 
of securities transactions, consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the 
Act.\29\
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    \29\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    Moreover, as described above in Section II, FICC would access the 
mutualized Clearing Fund should a defaulted member's own margin be 
insufficient to satisfy losses to FICC caused by the liquidation of 
that member's portfolio. Because FICC's proposal to incorporate the MBS 
pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA 
model, and Margin Proxy model should help ensure that FICC has 
collected sufficient margin from members, the Proposed Rule Change 
should also help minimize the likelihood that FICC would have to access 
the Clearing Fund, thereby limiting non-defaulting members' exposure to 
mutualized losses. By helping to limit the exposure of FICC's non-
defaulting members to mutualized losses, the Proposed Rule Change 
should help FICC assure the safeguarding of securities and funds which 
are in its custody or control, consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of 
the Act.\30\
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    \30\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    For these reasons, the Proposed Rule Change is designed to promote 
the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of securities 
transactions and assure the safeguarding of securities and funds which 
are in the custody or control of the clearing agency or for which it is 
responsible, consistent with Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act.\31\
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    \31\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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B. Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(i)

    Rule 17ad-22(e)(4)(i) under the Act requires that a covered 
clearing agency, like FICC, establish, implement, maintain, and enforce 
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to effectively 
identify, measure, monitor, and manage its credit exposures to 
participants and those arising from its payment, clearing, and 
settlement processes by maintaining sufficient financial resources to 
cover its credit exposure to each participant fully with a high degree 
of confidence.\32\ The Proposed Rule Change is consistent with Rule 
17Ad-22(e)(4)(i) under the Act for the reasons stated below.
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    \32\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(4)(i).
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    FICC's proposal to incorporate the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut 
charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model 
should enable FICC to better manage its credit exposures to members by 
maintaining sufficient resources to cover their credit exposures more 
fully with a high degree of confidence. The Commission has reviewed and 
analyzed the materials filed by FICC, including FICC's Impact Study and 
backtesting results,\33\ which show the effects of incorporating the 
MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA 
model, and Margin Proxy model during the time period of the Impact 
Study. Specifcially, the Impact Study shows that this charge would have 
increased the aggregated average SOD VaR Charges and increased member 
margin portfolio levels, on average, during the coverage period. 
Additionally, if Margin Proxy would have been deployed during this 
coverage period, the Impact Study shows this charge would have also 
increased aggregated average daily SOD VaR Charges and increased member 
margin portfolio levels, on average. The Impact Study also shows that 
VaR model backtesting coverage would have increased and VaR model 
backtesting deficiencies would have been reduced during the covered 
period if Margin Proxy had been deployed. By incorporating the MBS 
pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA 
model, and Margin Proxy model, FICC should be able to more effectively 
identify, measure, monitor, and manage the risk posed to GSD members' 
VaR Charges and margin portfolios due to exposure to MBS pool 
positions. Accordingly, for the reasons discussed above, the Proposed 
Rule Change is reasonably designed to better enable FICC to effectively 
identify, measure, monitor, and manage its credit exposure to members, 
and those arising from its payment, clearing, and settlement processes, 
including by maintaining sufficient financial resources to cover its 
credit exposure to each member fully with a high degree of confidence 
consistent with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(i).\34\
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    \33\ See supra note 21.
    \34\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(4)(i).
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C. Rule 17ad-22(e)(6)(i)

    Rule 17ad-22(e)(6)(i) under the Act requires that a covered 
clearing agency that provides central counterparty services, such as 
FICC, establish, implement, maintain and enforce written policies and 
procedures reasonably designed to cover its credit exposures to its 
participants by establishing a risk-based margin system that, at a 
minimum, considers, and produces margin levels commensurate with, the 
risks and particular attributes of each relevant product, portfolio, 
and market.\35\ The Proposed Rule Change is consistent with Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(6)(i) under the Act for the reason stated below.
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    \35\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(6)(i).
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    FICC's proposal to incorporate the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut 
charge into the MBS haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model 
should enable FICC to more effectively address the risks posed by the 
risk exposure to certain MBS pool positions in members' portfolios. As 
discussed above in Section II, FICC applies a haircut to any MBS pool 
position that cannot be mapped to a TBA. However, unlike the 
sensitivity-based VaR methodology, the MBS haircut model currently does 
not incorporate differences in returns between an MBS pool position and 
the TBA. The Impact Study reviewed and analyzed by the Commission shows 
the effects of incorporating the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge 
into the MBS haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model during 
the time period of the Impact Study.\36\
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    \36\ See supra note 21.
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    Specifcially, the Impact Study shows that this charge would have 
increased the aggregated average SOD VaR Charges and increased member 
margin portfolio levels, on average, during the coverage period. 
Additionally, if Margin Proxy would have been deployed during this 
coverage period, the Impact Study shows this charge would have also 
increased aggregated average daily SOD

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VaR Charges and increased member margin portfolio levels, on average. 
The Impact Study also shows that VaR model backtesting coverage would 
have increased and VaR model backtesting deficiencies would have been 
reduced during the covered period if Margin Proxy had been deployed.
    Incorporating the MBS pool/TBA basis risk haircut charge into the 
MBS haircut model, MMA model, and Margin Proxy model should help FICC 
better cover its credit exposures to its participants and produce 
margin levels commensurate with, the risks and particular attributes of 
each MBS pool position. As a result, implementing the Proposed Rule 
Change should better enable FICC to collect margin amounts at levels 
commensurate with FICC's credit exposures to its members.
    Accordingly, the Proposed Rule Change is consistent with Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(6)(i) under the Act because it is designed to assist FICC in 
maintaining a risk-based margin system that considers, and produces 
margin levels commensurate with, the risks of credit exposures to 
certain MBS pool positions in members' portfolios.\37\
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    \37\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(6)(i).
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V. Conclusion

    On the basis of the foregoing, the Commission finds that the 
Proposed Rule Change is consistent with the requirements of the Act and 
in particular with the requirements of Section 17A of the Act \38\ and 
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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    \38\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
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    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 
\39\ that proposed rule change SR-FICC-2025-018, be, and hereby is, 
Approved.\40\
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    \39\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \40\ In approving the Proposed Rule Changes, the Commission 
considered its impact on efficiency, competition, and capital 
formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\41\
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    \41\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-19176 Filed 9-30-25; 8:45 am]
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