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Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Concerning NSCC's Ability To Support Industry Efforts To Extend Trading Hours for the U.S. Equity Markets

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32491-32497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10836]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-105565; File No. SR-NSCC-2026-006]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing 
Corporation; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Concerning NSCC's 
Ability To Support Industry Efforts To Extend Trading Hours for the 
U.S. Equity Markets

May 27, 2026.

I. Introduction

    On April 2, 2026, National Securities Clearing Corporation 
(``NSCC'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') proposed rule change NSCC-2026-006, pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ 
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder.\2\ The proposed rule change would amend 
NSCC's Rules \3\ to describe NSCC's ability to support extended trading 
hours for the U.S. equity markets and to provide improved clarity 
around relevant processing times for its equity clearing services. The 
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register 
on April 16, 2026.\4\ The Commission has received no comments on the 
changes proposed.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning 
assigned to such terms in the NSCC Rules, available at <a href="http://www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures">www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures</a>.
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 105210 (Apr. 13, 
2026), 91 FR 20507 (Apr. 16, 2026) (File No. SR-NSCC-2026-006) 
(``Notice of Filing'').
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    For the reasons discussed below, the Commission is approving the 
proposed rule change.

II. Background

NSCC Trade Capture and Recording Services

    NSCC is a central counterparty (``CCP'') and provider of clearance 
and settlement services for transactions in broker-to-broker equity, 
corporate and municipal bond, and unit investment trust transactions in 
the U.S. markets. As a CCP, NSCC novates transactions between 
counterparties, effectively becoming the buyer to every seller and the 
seller to every buyer, and guarantees settlement of the novated 
transactions. NSCC's CCP services are available to entities that are 
approved under the NSCC Rules to be direct NSCC Members and to other 
market participants through NSCC's indirect access models.
    The Universal Trade Capture system (``UTC'') is NSCC's system for 
validating and reporting equity transactions submitted to NSCC by self-
regulatory organizations (``SROs''), including registered securities 
exchanges (``Exchanges''), and Qualified Special Representatives 
(``QSRs'') \5\ submitting trades on behalf of an automated execution 
system or Alternative Trading System (``ATS''). UTC currently operates 
from 1:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time each business day.\6\
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    \5\ A ``Special Representative'' is a Member or a Registered 
Clearing Agency which applies to NSCC for such status and designates 
those Members for which it will act. Special Representatives may 
submit to NSCC for trade recording trade data on any transaction 
calling for delivery of Cleared Securities between it and another 
person. See NSCC Rule 7, Sections 1 and 2(a), supra note 3. A 
``Qualified Special Representative'' (or QSR) is a Special 
Representative who (i) operates an automated execution system where 
it is always the contra side to each transaction; (ii) has a parent 
corporation or affiliated corporation that operates an automated 
execution system where the Special Representative is always the 
contra side to each transaction; or (iii) clears for a broker/dealer 
who operates an automated execution system where the broker/dealer 
is always the contra side to each transaction, and the subscribers 
to the automated execution system enter into an agreement with the 
broker/dealer and the Special Representative acknowledging the 
Special Representative's role in the clearance of trades executed on 
the automated execution system. See NSCC Rule 7, Section 3, supra 
note 3.
    \6\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20508. All times 
discussed herein are Eastern Time unless otherwise indicated.
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    NSCC states that it begins accepting locked-in trades from certain 
QSRs for ATS activity between 1:30 and 4:00 a.m. each business day,\7\ 
and that it accepts locked-in trades from both Exchanges and QSRs from 
4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each business day.\8\ This window is aligned 
with current Exchange trading sessions supported by the Securities 
Information Processors (``SIPs''),\9\ which generally include an early 
hours or pre-market session from 4:00 to 9:30 a.m., regular hours or 
core market session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and late hours or 
post-market session from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.\10\ NSCC states that it 
accepts other non-Exchange/non-QSR activity through UTC between the 
hours of 8:00 and 11:30 p.m., such as primary market exchange-traded 
fund activity, prime broker activity, and options exercise and 
assignment activity from The Options Clearing Corporation.\11\
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    \7\ NSCC states that this activity currently represents 
approximately one percent of the overall trade volume cleared by 
NSCC. Id.
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ SIPs process and consolidate all protected equities bid/ask 
quotes and trades from every registered exchange and the Financial 
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.'s Alternative Display Facility 
into a single, easily consumable data feed. There are currently two 
SIPs: (i) the combined Consolidated Tape Association (``CTA'') SIP, 
and (ii) the Unlisted Trading Privileges (``UTP'') SIP. The CTA SIP 
oversees the dissemination of real-time trade and quote information 
in New York Stock Exchange LLC (Network A) and Bats, Cboe, NYSE 
Arca, NYSE American and other regional exchanges (Network B) listed 
securities. See CTA Plan website, available at <a href="http://www.ctaplan.com/index">www.ctaplan.com/index</a>. The UTP SIP oversees the dissemination of Nasdaq-listed 
securities (sometimes called ``Network C'' or ``Tape C'' 
securities). See UTP Plan website, available at <a href="http://www.utpplan.com">www.utpplan.com</a>. 
Each SIP is governed by a plan and run by an Operating Committee 
comprised of its plan participants, which are counseled by an 
advisory committee made up of individuals representing firms from 
across the industry.
    \10\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20508.
    \11\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20508.
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Industry Initiatives To Extend Trading Hours for U.S. Equities

    NSCC describes how the industry is currently working on several 
initiatives to expand trading hours for the U.S. equity markets due to 
growing interest in 24-hour trading, particularly from retail 
investors, which includes initiatives by Exchanges, QSRs and ATS 
operators, and the SIPs, as well as industry coordination through task 
forces and working groups. For example:
    <bullet> On November 27, 2024, the Commission issued an order 
approving

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an application by 24X National Exchange LLC (``24X'') for registration 
as a national securities exchange.\12\ As part of its application, 24X 
proposed to operate an overnight trading session from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 
a.m. (``24X Market Session'').\13\ The adoption of this overnight 
session is subject to 24X filing a subsequent proposed rule change with 
the Commission and such filing being approved or otherwise becoming 
effective; \14\
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    \12\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101777 (Nov. 27, 
2024), 89 FR 97092 (Dec. 6, 2024) (File No. 10-242) (``24X Order'').
    \13\ 24X subsequently filed an immediately effective proposed 
rule change with the Commission to amend the start time of the 24X 
Market Session to 9:00 p.m. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 
104086 (Sept. 26, 2025), 90 FR 46978 (Sept. 30, 2025) (SR-24X-2025-
07).
    \14\ See 24X Order at 97105-06, supra note 9.
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    <bullet> On February 11, 2025, the Commission approved a proposed 
rule change by NYSE Arca, Inc. (``NYSE Arca'') to offer trading from 
1:30 a.m. through 11:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, and 1:30 a.m. 
through 8:00 p.m. on Friday.\15\ The adoption of NYSE Arca's proposal 
is also subject to NYSE Arca filing a subsequent proposed rule change 
with the Commission and such filing being approved or otherwise 
becoming effective; \16\
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    \15\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102400 (Feb. 11, 
2025), 90 FR 9794 (Feb. 18, 2025) (SR-NYSEARCA-2024-89) (``NYSE Arca 
Order'').
    \16\ See NYSE Arca Order at 9795-96, id.
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    <bullet> Cboe Global Markets announced plans to offer 24-hour, 
five-days-a-week trading for U.S. equities on its Cboe EDGX Equities 
Exchange (``EDGX''), subject to regulatory review; \17\ and
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    \17\ See Cboe Global Markets, Cboe Announces Plans to Launch 
24x5 U.S. Equities Trading (Feb. 3, 2025), available at <a href="https://ir.cboe.com/news/news-details/2025/Cboe-Announces-Plans-to-Launch-24x5-U.S.-Equities-Trading-2025-NwujmKvsxb/default.aspx">https://ir.cboe.com/news/news-details/2025/Cboe-Announces-Plans-to-Launch-24x5-U.S.-Equities-Trading-2025-NwujmKvsxb/default.aspx</a>.
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    <bullet> On March 7, 2025, Nasdaq announced plans to enable 24-hour 
trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, subject to regulatory review.\18\
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    \18\ See Nasdaq 24-Hour Trading Hub website, available at 
<a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/24-hour-trading-hub">www.nasdaq.com/24-hour-trading-hub</a>.
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    The participants of the SIPs have also submitted amendments to 
their respective operating plans (``Plan Amendments'') to the 
Commission to extend their operating hours to 9:00 p.m. Sunday through 
8:00 p.m. Friday (excluding holidays), with a one-hour pause at 8:00 
p.m. on Monday through Thursday for technical refreshes for the SIPs, 
SIP participants, and other market participants.\19\ The SIPs' Plan 
Amendments include certain conditions, including the availability of 
central clearing during the proposed hours of operation.\20\
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    \19\ See Securities Exchange Act Release Nos. 104665 (Jan. 22, 
2026), 91 FR 3602 (Jan. 27, 2026) (SR-CTA/CQ-2026-01) (Consolidated 
Tape Association; Notice of Filing of Fortieth Substantive Amendment 
to the Second Restatement of the CTA Plan and Thirty-First 
Substantive Amendment to the Restated CQ Plan) and 104670 (Jan. 22, 
2026), 91 FR 3609 (Jan. 27, 2026) (File No. S7-24-89) (Joint 
Industry Plan; Notice of Filing of the Fifty-Fifth Amendment to the 
Joint Self-Regulatory Organization Plan Governing the Collection, 
Consolidation and Dissemination of Quotation and Transaction 
Information for Nasdaq-Listed Securities Traded on Exchanges on an 
Unlisted Trading Privileges Basis).
    \20\ Id.
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    Several ATSs are currently offering overnight trading in U.S. 
equities during the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., including Blue 
Ocean Technologies, LLC's Blue Ocean ATS,\21\ OTC Markets Group's MOON 
ATS,\22\ and Bruce Markets' Bruce ATS.\23\ Moreover, NSCC states that 
it understands that there are additional ATSs working to expand trading 
hours to include overnight trading sessions.\24\
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    \21\ See Blue Ocean ATS Session hours on the Blue Ocean 
Technologies, LLC website, available at <a href="https://blueocean-tech.io">https://blueocean-tech.io</a>.
    \22\ See MOON ATS operating hours on the OTC Markets Group 
website, available at <a href="http://www.otcmarkets.com/otc-link/moon-ats">www.otcmarkets.com/otc-link/moon-ats</a>.
    \23\ See Bruce Markets ATS operating hours on the Bruce Markets 
website, available at <a href="http://www.brucemarkets.com">www.brucemarkets.com</a>.
    \24\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20509.
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    NSCC states that it has held discussions concerning extended 
trading hours with advisory councils of NSCC, Fixed Income Clearing 
Corporation, and The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') (collectively, 
the ``Clearing Agencies,'' all of which are owned by the Depository 
Trust & Clearing Corporation (``DTCC'')), which are composed of 
representatives of the Clearing Agencies' participants and other 
relevant stakeholders,\25\ as well as with certain working groups 
focusing on issues related to extended trading hours. NSCC states that 
the advisory councils and working groups were supportive of NSCC's 
proposal to extend its hours to accommodate extended trading hours.\26\
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    \25\ The Clearing Agencies have established various advisory 
councils to ensure appropriate stakeholders are consulted for 
different types of material developments at the Clearing Agencies, 
which include an NSCC and DTC Clearance and Settlement Advisory 
Council, to facilitate compliance with Rule 17ad-25(j) under the 
Act. See 17 CFR 240.17ad-25(j). See also Securities Exchange Act 
Release No. 101764 (Nov. 26, 2024), 89 FR 95843, 95845 (Dec. 3, 
2024) (SR-DTC-2024-009, SR-FICC-2024-010, SR-NSCC-2024-006).
    \26\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20509.
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III. Description of the Proposed Rule Change

    In response to these industry initiatives and growing demand for 
24-hour trading, NSCC proposes to extend its UTC operating and clearing 
hours to reduce the time between trade execution and the clearance and 
guarantee of overnight trades. NSCC would operate on a ``24x5'' basis 
from Sunday at 8:00 p.m. to Friday at 8:00 p.m. to support overnight 
trading activity from Exchanges and QSRs submitting on behalf of an 
ATS. NSCC states that extended clearing hours would facilitate the 
trade clearance and guarantee of overnight activity across different 
time zones for global industry participants and mitigate counterparty 
risk across the industry.\27\
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    \27\ Id.
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    The proposed rule change would amend the NSCC Rules to provide 
additional clarity regarding (i) NSCC's ability to support industry 
efforts to extend trading hours for the U.S. equity markets, and (ii) 
general timeframes, deadlines or cutoff times related to NSCC's core 
trade acceptance, clearing, settlement and risk management processes.

Trade Acceptance and Processing

    The proposed rule change would amend NSCC Rule 1 (Definitions and 
Descriptions) and Procedure II (Trade Comparison and Recording Service) 
to add new defined terms and to describe trade acceptance and 
processing for Exchange and QSR/ATS market trading sessions.
    The proposed rule change would add definitions for ``Market Trading 
Session'' and ``Trade Processing Date'' to NSCC Rule 1. ``Market 
Trading Session'' would be defined as ``any market trading hours 
established or agreed upon by (i) self-regulatory organizations, (ii) 
automated execution systems (or alternative trading systems) for which 
transactions are submitted on a locked-in basis by Qualified Special 
Representatives, and/or (iii) securities information processors, which 
may include, but are not limited to, any pre-market trading sessions, 
core trading sessions, post-market trading sessions or overnight 
trading sessions.'' ``Trade Processing Date'' would be defined as ``the 
business date for which a trade is expected to be cleared by [NSCC].''
    The proposed rule change would also adopt new subsection G of 
Procedure II to describe trade acceptance and processing for locked-in 
trades submitted during SRO (i.e., Exchange) and QSR/ATS Market Trading 
Sessions, including those submitted during extended trading hours. The 
proposed rule change would provide that NSCC may accept locked-in trade 
data for any Market Trading Sessions, provided that such trades shall 
be accepted and processed within the operating hours of NSCC's trade 
capture system.

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    Under the proposed rule change, NSCC states that it would move to a 
``24x5'' operating model where UTC would be open for accepting trades 
for any valid trade date from Sunday at 8:00 p.m. to Friday at 8:00 
p.m. to support all Market Trading Sessions during those times.\28\ 
NSCC states that the proposed 24x5 operating hours would allow NSCC to 
accommodate trading activity currently anticipated from Exchanges and 
QSR/ATSs, including any pre-market trading sessions, core trading 
sessions, post-market trading sessions, and overnight trading sessions 
that they may offer during NSCC's proposed 24x5 hours.\29\
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    \28\ Next day trades will not be accepted the night before a 
non-U.S. trading day for equity markets. Id.
    \29\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20509.
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    The proposed rule change would also include new rule text in 
proposed subsection G of Procedure II to require that SROs and QSRs 
submitting locked-in trade data for overnight trading sessions include 
such indicators as NSCC may determine to designate such transactions as 
overnight trading session activity. NSCC states that the proposed rule 
change would help to ensure that all trades submitted for the overnight 
session are properly identified so that NSCC can verify Special 
Representative trading relationships and perform appropriate trade 
validations for the overnight session.\30\
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    \30\ Id. at 20509-10.
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    The proposal would also add rules describing the process for 
Exchanges and QSRs to close out their trading activity for each Trade 
Processing Date. NSCC states that, currently at the end of each Trade 
Processing Date, trading markets and other sending entities (e.g., 
Exchanges and QSRs) send a ``Good Night Message'' to UTC with their 
trade totals for each trading market, which UTC balances and confirms 
before sending its own Good Night Message to NSCC Members indicating 
trade totals as of each trading market close.\31\ NSCC states that when 
all trading markets are closed, UTC sends a final Good Night Message to 
Members indicating UTC is closed for the Trade Processing Date.\32\ 
NSCC states that this process is critical to ensure that (i) NSCC and 
trade submitters can reconcile their trade submission information for 
each Trade Processing Date; (ii) NSCC can communicate trade totals and 
the close of each trading market and Trade Processing Date to its 
Members; and (iii) NSCC can roll its trade capture and risk systems to 
the next Trade Processing Date.\33\
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    \31\ Id. at 20510.
    \32\ Id.
    \33\ Id.
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    Specifically, the proposed rule change would adopt new rules in 
proposed subsection G of Procedure II to provide that, each business 
day, each SRO and QSR shall submit a message to NSCC, in such form and 
at such times established by NSCC, confirming the conclusion of trading 
activity for the current Trade Processing Date (i.e., the ``Good Night 
Message''). The proposed rule change would further provide that, in the 
event that an SRO or QSR does not submit a Good Night Message for any 
Trade Processing Date, NSCC would have the authority to issue a Good 
Night Message on behalf of such SRO or QSR. NSCC states that it is 
important to clarify this process, and particularly its authority to 
issue Good Night Messages on behalf of SROs or QSRs who fail to submit 
such messages, so that NSCC can close UTC for all activity for a given 
Trade Processing Date in a timely manner and facilitate the end of day 
reporting, reconciliation and UTC processing tasks described above.
    The proposed rule change would also add new rules in proposed 
subsection G of Procedure II to provide that SROs and QSRs shall not 
submit locked-in trade data for the next trade date prior to (i) NSCC 
processing a Good Night Message to close out the current Trade 
Processing Date for such submitter, and (ii) NSCC's designated time for 
accepting trades for the next Trade Processing Date, which NSCC 
currently expects to occur around 8:00 p.m. Finally, the proposed rule 
change would amend proposed subsection G of Procedure II to state that 
NSCC will make available on its public website a schedule of timeframes 
containing information concerning: (i) the operating hours of NSCC's 
equity trade capture system (i.e., UTC); (ii) NSCC's time for accepting 
locked-in trades for the next Trade Processing Date; and (iii) the 
expected timelines and deadlines for the inclusion of locked-in trades 
in NSCC's (a) CNS night and day cycles, (b) trade reporting and outputs 
to Members, and (c) Required Fund Deposit calculations. NSCC states 
that the proposed rule change would promote improved clarity and 
transparency around NSCC's trade acceptance, trade processing and risk 
management timelines to Members, SROs, ATSs and the general public.\34\
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    \34\ Id.
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    NSCC states that the proposed rule change is intended to reflect 
industry alignment around standardized start and end times for the 
trading day, and the beginning of overnight trading sessions, as 
reflected in Exchange proposals, ATS operating hours, and the SIP Plan 
Amendments discussed above.\35\ NSCC further states that standardizing 
the trading day allows the industry to address a range of 
implementation considerations and operational complexities necessary to 
support the expansion of trading hours, including but limited to issues 
related to settlement processes, corporate actions, risk management, 
technology infrastructure and industry coordination.\36\
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    \35\ Id. at 20510.
    \36\ Id.
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Special Representative Relationships

    As noted above, a Special Representative is a Member that is 
authorized by one or more Member firms to act on their behalf, 
including for the submission of trades to NSCC.\37\ A QSR is a type of 
Special Representative that is authorized to submit trades executed on 
an automated trading platform (e.g., an ATS).\38\ NSCC states that 
transactions submitted by Special Representatives and QSRs are treated 
by NSCC in the same manner as if both parties had agreed to the details 
of the transactions, and that once a trade is submitted by a Special 
Representative or QSR, NSCC treats it as ``locked-in,'' meaning it is 
compared, validated, and guaranteed for settlement.\39\
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    \37\ See supra note 5.
    \38\ Id.
    \39\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20510.
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    NSCC states that Special Representatives and QSRs must establish 
and maintain their Special Representative relationships with NSCC.\40\ 
NSCC provides an automated relationship management system through which 
Members may establish and ultimately retire these Special 
Representative relationships pursuant to the NSCC Rules.\41\
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    \40\ Id. Special Representative relationships are bilateral 
agreements between firms that are governed by the NSCC Rules and 
cover both QSR and correspondent clearing arrangements. Id.
    \41\ See Procedure IV, Section E, supra note 3.
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    The proposed rule change would expand Special Representative 
relationships, and the relationship management system, to cover 
separate relationships for the overnight trading session. Specifically, 
Procedure IV.E of the NSCC Rules would be amended to clarify that 
Members who wish to participate in overnight trading sessions must 
establish and maintain separate Special Representative and Qualified 
Special Representative relationships for overnight trading sessions. 
NSCC states that the proposed rule change would

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provide an additional control for Members to use to manage their 
overnight activity at NSCC.\42\
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    \42\ Id.
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Publication of Key Timeframes

    The proposed rule change would also modify the NSCC Rules 
concerning the maintenance of certain time schedules referenced in the 
NSCC Rules. Procedure XII of the NSCC Rules currently provides that 
NSCC will receive and deliver information, data and other items at 
specified times, which may change from time to time, and that Members 
may obtain the time schedule upon request and receive ten (10) days' 
notice of any change.
    The proposed rule change would delete existing rule text in 
Procedure XII and replace it with new text to provide that NSCC shall 
make available on its public website information concerning key 
timeframes, deadlines or cutoff times related to its core trade 
acceptance, clearing, settlement and risk management of transactions 
under the NSCC Rules.\43\ The proposed rule change would also clarify 
that all such times may be extended as needed by NSCC to (i) address 
operational or other delays that would reasonably prevent Members or 
NSCC from meeting the deadline or timeframe, as applicable, or (ii) 
allow NSCC time to operationally exercise its existing rights under the 
NSCC Rules. In addition, the proposed rule would clarify that all times 
applicable to NSCC are standards and not deadlines, and that actual 
processing times may vary slightly, as necessary. NSCC states that 
making key timeframes available on its public website would improve 
Members' and the general public's understanding of the timeframes 
applicable to NSCC's core trade acceptance, clearing, settlement and 
risk management of transactions.\44\
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    \43\ NSCC included a draft version of the NSCC Schedule of Trade 
Processing Timeframes for Equity Clearing and Settlement in Exhibit 
3 to this filing.
    \44\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20511.
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Risk Management and Operational Monitoring of Overnight Trades

Risk Management Overview
    NSCC is not currently proposing any changes to its risk management 
rules or margin/Clearing Fund methodology in connection with the move 
to 24x5. NSCC states that it would manage additional trading activity 
received during overnight trading sessions through its existing risk 
management rules and margin/Clearing Fund methodology, similar to the 
risk management of overnight QSR/ATS activity and pre-market trading 
session activity currently cleared by NSCC.\45\
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    \45\ Id.
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    NSCC states that it generally expects that overnight trading 
sessions would occur between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 a.m. for Exchanges and 
8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. for QSR/ATS activity; however, these timeframes 
are subject to change based on, for example, proposed rule change 
filings by the Exchanges and the approval of the SIP Plan Amendment 
necessary to implement extended trading hours.\46\ NSCC states that, 
under its current and future risk processing capabilities, it accepts 
trades and incorporates those transactions into its start-of-day 
(``SOD'') risk margin calculations until UTC sends a final Good Night 
Message closing the Trade Processing Date for NSCC (approximately 12:00 
a.m. each day).\47\ Accordingly, any overnight trades received prior to 
UTC closing out the current Trade Processing Date would be incorporated 
into NSCC's SOD risk margin calculations and Clearing Fund collection 
processes, as set forth in NSCC Rule 4 and Procedure XV of the NSCC 
Rules. Any overnight trades received after UTC has closed the current 
Trade Processing Date would be included in NSCC's intraday monitoring 
and margin process, as set forth in Section I.(B)(5) of Procedure 
XV.\48\
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    \46\ Id.
    \47\ Id.
    \48\ Id. For example, NSCC states that a trade received at 11:00 
p.m. on Monday would be included in NSCC's SOD margin/Clearing Fund 
calculations for collection on Tuesday morning, while a trade 
received at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday would not be included in the SOD 
calculations for Tuesday but would be included in Tuesday's intraday 
risk monitoring and margin process. Id.
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    NSCC states that it believes its current risk management practices 
would adequately address the risk presented by the additional activity 
received during extended trading hours.\49\ NSCC calculates and 
collects Clearing Fund from its Members using a risk-based margin 
methodology that enables NSCC to identify the risks posed by a Member's 
unsettled portfolio and quickly adjust and collect additional deposits 
as needed to cover those risks.\50\ NSCC states that the margin 
requirement differential (``MRD'') charge is specifically designed to 
capture the risk of a Member's portfolio for the accumulated trades 
during the entire day, up to the UTC Good Night Message, to cover the 
day-over-day increase in the portfolio risk stemming from all trades 
during the day, including any overnight trading session.\51\ NSCC 
further states that the MRD charge's design also uses a look-back 
period to capture the spikes in volumes and associated risk over the 
past 100 days.\52\ MRD would be included as part of NSCC's SOD risk 
margin calculations and Clearing Fund collection processes.
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    \49\ Id.
    \50\ See id. and Procedure XV, supra note 3.
    \51\ Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20511.
    \52\ Id.
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    NSCC states that trading activity submitted for the overnight 
trading session represents a small fraction of the overall trade volume 
cleared by NSCC.\53\ Based on feedback from industry outreach, NSCC 
states that it believes that overnight trading volumes will increase 
gradually and steadily over the next few years as ATSs and Exchanges 
expand and normalize overnight trading hours as opposed to seeing an 
immediate significant increase in volumes upon the implementation of 
NSCC's 24x5 proposal.\54\
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    \53\ Id.
    \54\ Id.
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Required Fund Deposits
    NSCC manages its credit exposure to its Members by determining the 
appropriate Required Fund Deposit to the Clearing Fund for each Member 
and by monitoring the sufficiency of such deposits, as provided for in 
the NSCC Rules.\55\ The objective of a Member's Required Fund Deposit 
is to mitigate potential losses to NSCC associated with liquidating a 
Member's portfolio in the event NSCC ceases to act for that Member 
(hereinafter referred to as a ``default'').\56\ Required Fund Deposits 
operate, individually, as the Member's margin, and the aggregate of all 
such Members' deposits is referred to, collectively, as the Clearing 
Fund. NSCC would access the Clearing Fund should a defaulting Member's 
own Required Fund Deposit be insufficient to satisfy losses to NSCC 
caused by the liquidation of that Member's portfolio.
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    \55\ See NSCC Rule 4, supra note 3.
    \56\ The NSCC Rules identify when NSCC may cease to act for a 
Member and the types of actions NSCC may take. See NSCC Rule 46, 
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    NSCC calculates and collects Clearing Fund from its Members (i.e., 
a Required Fund Deposit) on a daily basis using a risk-based margin 
methodology.\57\ A Member's Required Fund Deposit may vary daily and is 
generally based upon the Member's trading activity and current 
unsettled positions.\58\ Required Fund Deposit deficits are due to NSCC 
each business day, typically by 10:00 a.m.\59\ Transactions accepted by 
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Message, which is expected to occur at approximately 12:00 a.m. each 
business day, would be factored into this SOD margin collection.\60\
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    \57\ See NSCC Rule 4, supra note 3.
    \58\ Id.
    \59\ Id.
    \60\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20511 and Procedure 
XV, supra note 3.
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    Each Member's Required Fund Deposit amount consists of a number of 
applicable components, each of which is calculated to address specific 
risks faced by NSCC, as identified within the NSCC Rules. The major 
components of NSCC's Clearing Fund charges include, but are not limited 
to: (i) volatility charges for securities based on asset type and 
liquidity profile; (ii) mark-to-market charges; (iii) fail charges; 
(iv) a charge for Family-Issued Securities to mitigate wrong way risk; 
(v) a charge to mitigate day-over-day margin differentials (i.e., the 
margin requirement differential or ``MRD'' charge); (vi) a coverage 
component; (vii) a margin liquidity adjustment component; (viii) a 
backtesting charge; and (ix) an excess capital premium charge.\61\
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    \61\ See Procedure XV, supra note 3.
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    NSCC states that the MRD charge addresses potential market risk 
based on portfolio fluctuations as a Member executes trades throughout 
the day, which would include portfolio fluctuations that occur during 
extended/overnight trading hours. Pursuant to Addendum K of the NSCC 
Rules, NSCC's central counterparty trade guaranty generally attaches 
immediately upon trade validation, which may occur before the time that 
NSCC has collected the Member's Required Fund Deposit at the start of 
each day.\62\ As a result, NSCC states that it may be exposed to large 
un-margined intraday portfolio fluctuations before NSCC has collected 
the Member's Clearing Fund requirement the following morning.\63\
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    \62\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20511-12 and 
Addendum K, supra note 3.
    \63\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20512.
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    The MRD charge is calculated based on the day-over-day positive 
changes in the Member's SOD volatility charge and mark-to-market 
(``MTM'') charge components, which are calculated based on the 
overnight or end-of-day positions.\64\ The MRD charge is designed to 
mitigate the risks posed to NSCC by day-over-day fluctuations in a 
Member's portfolio by forecasting future changes in a Member's 
portfolio based on a historical look-back at each Member's portfolio 
over a given time period.\65\ Since the MRD charge captures the risk of 
the portfolio for the accumulated trades during the entire day, up to 
the UTC Good Night Message at approximately 12:00 a.m., the day-over-
day increase in the portfolio risk stemming from all trades during the 
day, including any overnight trading session, would be reflected in the 
MRD calculation.\66\ Given the MRD's design to use a look-back period, 
the spikes in volumes and associated risk over the past 100 days are 
already captured in the MRD calculation each day.\67\ NSCC states that 
members that present NSCC with larger increases in day-over-day value-
at-risk (``VaR'') and MTM also have larger MRD amounts.\68\ NSCC states 
that it believes that the MRD charge will capture credit exposures that 
may arise from its participants related to overnight trading 
activity.\69\
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    \64\ See Section I.(A)(1)(e) and I.(A)(2)(d) of Procedure XV, 
supra note 3.
    \65\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20512.
    \66\ Id.
    \67\ Id.
    \68\ Id.
    \69\ Id.
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    NSCC further states that its Clearing Fund methodology, including 
the MRD component, is subject to regular periodic model performance 
monitoring reviews under the Clearing Agency Model Risk Management 
Framework and associated policies and procedures, both in the aggregate 
and at the Member-level, and that any model performance issues, if 
found attributable to the extended trading activities, will lead to 
further analysis, escalation, and remediation.\70\
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    \70\ Id.
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Intraday Monitoring and Margin Collection
    NSCC may also collect payments from Members on an intraday basis 
based on changes in its risk exposures (an ``Intraday Margin Charge''), 
including when certain risk thresholds are breached or when the 
products cleared or markets served display elevated volatility.\71\ 
Intraday Margin Charges include charges based on NSCC's re-calculated 
intraday mark-to-market exposures (``Intraday MTM Charge'') \72\ and 
intraday volatility exposures (``Intraday Volatility Charge'') \73\ for 
each Member. Any overnight trades received after UTC has closed the 
current Trade Processing Date would be included in these intraday 
monitoring and margin processes.
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    \71\ See Section I.(B)(5) of Procedure XV, supra note 3.
    \72\ The Intraday MTM Charge is based on the difference between 
the last marked-to-market price of a Member's net CNS and Balance 
Order positions (including CNS fails) and the most recently observed 
market price for such positions. See Section I.(B)(5)(a) of 
Procedure XV, supra note 3.
    \73\ The Intraday Volatility Charge is designed to address the 
volatility risks presented by Members' intraday net unsettled 
positions between the collection of margin at the start of each 
business day. See Procedure XV, supra note 3.
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    NSCC risk systems generate and monitor intraday volatility and 
mark-to-market exposures on a 15-minute basis between 6:00 a.m. and 
11:00 p.m. each business day. NSCC states that it generally conducts 
intraday monitoring of its exposures for purposes of assessing Intraday 
Margin Charges at 15-minute intervals between the hours of 10:00 a.m. 
and 4:30 p.m.; however, NSCC maintains authority and operational 
capacity to collect Intraday Margin Charges at any time during the 
system monitoring window if circumstances warrant.\74\ Furthermore, 
NSCC states that it is currently working to expand its 15-minute 
monitoring capability beyond the current hours of 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 
p.m.\75\
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    \74\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20512. Additional 
information concerning NSCC's margin methodology and intraday risk 
management processes can be found in the NSCC Risk Margin Component 
Guide, available at <a href="https://dtcclearning.com/products-and-services/equities-clearing/nscc-risk-management.html">https://dtcclearning.com/products-and-services/equities-clearing/nscc-risk-management.html</a>.
    \75\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20512.
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    NSCC states that it also plans to expand its offshore time zone 
footprint beyond existing locations with continuous training to be 
provided to offshore teams, with U.S.-based staff remaining available 
for escalation support to ensure continuity and oversight.\76\
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    \76\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20512-13.
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Operational Monitoring and Support
    In addition to the risk management framework described above, NSCC 
also has additional operational monitoring and support capabilities to 
support extended trading hours. NSCC states that it would leverage 
DTCC's existing global footprint to ensure continuous support coverage 
and monitoring from Sunday at 8:00 p.m. through Friday at 8:00 p.m. 
without expanding infrastructure or concentrating risk in any single 
region.\77\ NSCC states that it currently operates with a 24x7 
technology/application support model and 24x6.5 client/trade submitter 
support hours (currently from Sunday at 7:00 a.m. to Saturday at 4:00 
p.m.) to monitor and address issues during extended trading hours, with 
trained staffing around the globe to support these functions and 
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enhancing its trade capture platform by developing data observability 
dashboards to provide detective anomaly controls to assist in 
identifying potentially erroneous submissions in UTC, and that all 
transaction monitoring protocols used during core trading hours (9:30 
a.m.-4:00 p.m.) would be extended to the overnight session.\79\
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    \77\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20513.
    \78\ Id. This includes client/trade submitter support across 
three (3) shifts that would be covered from the U.S. (Jersey City, 
Boston, Dallas and Tampa), Philippines (Manilla), United Kingdom 
(London), Singapore (Singapore), and India (Chennai and Hyderabad). 
Id.
    \79\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20513.
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    NSCC further states that DTCC's Enterprise Resiliency Office 
(``ERO'') plays a central role in the Clearing Agencies' coordination 
and facilitation of the incident management and reporting processes, 
and that ERO has implemented a 24x7 ``follow-the-sun'' coverage model 
to appropriately identify, assess, and manage incidents or potential 
incidents that may impact NSCC's ability to deliver products or 
services, including those that may occur during the overnight trading 
session.\80\
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    \80\ Id.
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Additional Risk Management Enhancements
    Following implementation of this proposed rule change, NSCC states 
that it will continue to monitor and evaluate trading volumes and risk 
exposures during the overnight trading session, and determine whether 
additional margin or risk management enhancements are necessary to 
address the additional risks presented by overnight trading.\81\ NSCC 
states that such risk management enhancements could include changes to 
NSCC's margin methodology or Clearing Fund requirements, Intraday 
Margin Charge requirements, or ongoing membership requirements 
concerning financial or operational capability related to the 24x5 
operating model.\82\ Based on its assessment of any additional risks 
presented by overnight trading, NSCC states that it will propose and 
file further rule changes pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Act,\83\ 
and the rules thereunder, prior to accepting overnight trades from 
Exchanges, if NSCC determines that additional risk management 
enhancements are necessary to address additional risks presented by 
overnight trading.\84\ NSCC states that it would file such proposed 
rule change(s) with the objective of seeking regulatory approval and 
implementation of any proposed enhancements to risk management prior to 
Exchanges going live with 24x5 trading.\85\ NSCC plans to implement the 
proposed rule change on June 28, 2026.\86\
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    \81\ Id.
    \82\ Id.
    \83\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \84\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20513.
    \85\ Id.
    \86\ Id.
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IV. Discussion and Commission Findings

    Section 19(b)(2)(C) of the Act \87\ 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 Act and rules and regulations thereunder applicable 
to such organization. After careful review of the proposed rule change, 
the Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent with 
the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder 
applicable to NSCC. More specifically, for the reasons given below, the 
Commission finds that the proposed rule change is consistent with 
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act \88\ and Rules 17ad-22(e)(4)(i), 
(6)(iii) and (21) thereunder.\89\
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    \87\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(C).
    \88\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \89\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(4)(i), (6)(iii) and (21).
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A. Consistency With Section 17A(b)(3)(F)

    Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act \90\ requires, in part, that the 
rules of a clearing agency be designed to promote the prompt and 
accurate clearance and settlement of securities transactions, and to 
assure the safeguarding of securities and funds which are in the 
custody or control of the clearing agency or for which it is 
responsible.
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    \90\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    As described above in Section III, the proposed rule change would 
describe NSCC's arrangements to support extended trading hours for the 
U.S. equity markets and provide improved clarity around relevant 
processing times for its equity clearing services. The extension of 
NSCC's UTC operating and clearing hours should enable NSCC to promptly 
and accurately clear, guarantee, risk manage, and settle trades 
executed during extended trading hours, particularly those trades 
executed during overnight trading sessions, which are not fully covered 
by NSCC's existing operating model. Under the proposed rule change, 
NSCC would operate on a ``24x5'' basis from Sunday at 8:00 p.m. to 
Friday at 8:00 p.m. As a result, the proposed rule change should enable 
NSCC to promptly and accurately clear and apply its CCP trade guaranty 
to trades executed during extended trading hours. Accordingly, the 
proposed rule change is designed to promote the prompt and accurate 
clearance and settlement of securities transactions.
    NSCC would manage the risk from the activity cleared during 
extended trading hours using its existing risk management framework. 
NSCC uses a risk-based margin and Clearing Fund methodology to 
calculate and collect SOD margin requirements each day from Members to 
cover NSCC's potential exposures and to monitor and address intraday 
exposures through the Intraday MTM Charge and Intraday Volatility 
Charge. NSCC's margin methodology also includes an MRD charge 
specifically designed to mitigate the risks posed to NSCC by day-over-
day fluctuations in a Member's portfolio by forecasting future changes 
in a Member's portfolio based on a historical look-back at each 
Member's portfolio over a given time period, which should capture 
fluctuations in NSCC's risk exposure during overnight trading sessions.
    NSCC's existing risk management framework should enable it to 
identify, measure, monitor, and manage the potential credit exposures 
that may arise from its participants related to overnight trading 
activity. NSCC uses the margin and Clearing Fund it collects to 
mitigate potential losses to NSCC (and, through loss allocation, to its 
Members) associated with liquidating a defaulting Member's portfolio. 
This risk management framework should allow NSCC to continue to effect 
the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of securities 
transactions in the event NSCC ceases to act for a Member, thereby 
assuring the safeguarding of securities and funds which are in the 
custody or control of NSCC or for which it is responsible.
    Following implementation of this proposed rule change, NSCC has 
stated that it will continue to monitor and evaluate trading volumes 
and risk exposures during the overnight trading session, and determine 
whether additional margin or risk management enhancements are necessary 
to address the additional risks presented by overnight trading.\91\ 
NSCC has further stated that such risk management enhancements could 
include changes to NSCC's margin methodology or Clearing Fund 
requirements, Intraday Margin Charge requirements, or ongoing 
membership requirements concerning financial or operational capability 
related to the 24x5 operating model, and that it will propose and file 
further rule changes pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Act prior to 
accepting overnight trades from Exchanges, if NSCC

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determines that additional risk management enhancements are necessary 
to address additional risks presented by overnight trading.\92\
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    \91\ See Notice of Filing, supra note 4, at 20513.
    \92\ NSCC states that it would file such proposed rule change(s) 
with the objective of seeking regulatory approval and implementation 
of any proposed enhancements to risk management prior to Exchanges 
going live with 24x5 trading. Id.
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    The proposed rule change would also require NSCC to maintain a 
schedule of its key equity clearing and settlement processes on its 
public website, which should improve Members' understanding of the key 
timeframes applicable to NSCC's core trade acceptance, clearing, 
settlement and risk management of transactions. This, in turn, should 
help Members understand their potential obligations to NSCC, 
facilitating the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of 
securities transactions.
    For these reasons, the proposed rule change is designed to promote 
the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of securities 
transactions, and to assure the safeguarding of securities and funds 
which are in the custody or control of NSCC or for which it is 
responsible, consistent with the requirements of Section 17A(b)(3)(F) 
of the Act.
B. Consistency With Rules 17ad-22(e)(4)(i) and (6)(iii)
    Rule 17ad-22(e)(4)(i) \93\ under the Act requires that a covered 
clearing agency 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, 
including by maintaining sufficient financial resources to cover its 
credit exposure to each participant fully with a high degree of 
confidence. Rule 17ad-22(e)(6)(iii) \94\ under the Act further requires 
that a covered clearing agency that provides CCP services 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 calculates margin 
sufficient to cover its potential future exposure to participants in 
the interval between the last margin collection and the close out of 
positions following a participant default.
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    \93\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(4)(i).
    \94\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(6)(iii).
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    As described above in Sections III and IV.A, NSCC would manage the 
risk from the activity cleared during extended trading hours using its 
existing risk management framework. NSCC's risk-based margin and 
Clearing Fund methodology, including the MRD charge designed to capture 
day-over-day Member portfolio fluctuations through a historical look-
back period, should capture fluctuations in NSCC's risk exposure during 
overnight trading sessions. Overnight trades received prior to UTC 
closing the Trade Processing Date would be incorporated into NSCC's SOD 
risk margin calculations and subject to the MRD charge, while trades 
received after UTC closure would be included in NSCC's intraday 
monitoring and margin processes. Trading activity submitted for 
overnight trading sessions represents a small fraction of overall trade 
volume cleared by NSCC, and NSCC expects overnight trading volumes to 
increase gradually and steadily over time.\95\ Moreover, as noted 
above, NSCC has stated that it will continue monitoring and evaluating 
trading volumes and risk exposures during the overnight trading session 
and propose additional risk management enhancements, if necessary, 
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    The proposed rule change also includes operational controls to 
support overnight trading risk management. Under the proposal, SROs and 
QSRs submitting locked-in trade data for overnight trading sessions 
must include indicators designating such transactions as overnight 
trading session activity, enabling NSCC to verify Special 
Representative trading relationships and perform appropriate trade 
validations. Moreover, Members participating in overnight trading 
sessions must establish and maintain separate Special Representative 
and Qualified Special Representative relationships for overnight 
trading sessions, providing NSCC with enhanced controls to manage 
overnight activity.
    Therefore, NSCC's existing risk management framework, combined with 
these operational controls, is reasonably designed to enable NSCC to 
identify, measure, monitor, and manage the potential credit exposures 
that may arise from its participants related to overnight trading 
activity, and to calculate and collect margin sufficient to cover its 
potential future exposure to participants in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules 17ad-22(e)(4)(i) and (6)(iii) under the Act.
C. Consistency With Rule 17ad-22(e)(21)
    Rule 17ad-22(e)(21) \96\ under the Act requires, in part, that a 
covered clearing agency establish, implement, maintain, and enforce 
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to be efficient and 
effective in meeting the requirements of its participants and the 
markets it serves. As described above in Section III, the industry is 
currently working on several initiatives to expand trading hours for 
the U.S. equity markets due to growing interest in 24-hour trading, 
particularly from retail investors. This includes initiatives by 
Exchanges, QSRs and ATS operators, and the SIPs, as well as industry 
coordination through task forces and working groups organized by DTCC 
and SIFMA. The proposed 24x5 operating model is designed to accommodate 
these industry efforts and should enable NSCC to promptly and 
accurately clear and apply its CCP trade guaranty to trades executed 
during extended trading hours, particularly overnight trading sessions 
occurring across different time zones for global industry participants. 
Accordingly, the proposed rule change is reasonably designed to 
efficiently and effectively meet the requirements of its participants 
and the markets it serves in accordance with Rule 17ad-22(e)(21).
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    \96\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(21).
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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 
Exchange Act and in particular with the requirements of Section 17A of 
the Exchange Act \97\ and the rules and regulations promulgated 
thereunder.
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    \97\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
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    It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Exchange Act \98\ that proposed rule change SR-NSCC-2026-006 be, and 
hereby is, APPROVED.\99\
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    \98\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \99\ In approving the proposed rule change, the Commission 
considered the proposals' 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.\100\
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    \100\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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