What does DCO stand for?

Capital and margin requirements for swaps that are not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization would also be required to be higher than those set for swaps that are centrally cleared.

Pending Registered Derivatives Clearing Organization status approval from the U.

For example, under the CDRA "standardized" derivatives would be required to be centrally cleared (as under the Treasury Proposal) through a clearing agency registered with the SEC or a derivatives clearing organization registered with the CFTC, as applicable.

The relevant Prudential Regulator would impose capital requirements for cleared swaps and security-based swaps, as well as initial and variation margin requirements for all swaps and security-based swaps that are not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization or registered clearing agency.

A designated contract market (DCM) and a registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO), HedgeStreet is subject to regulatory oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

LCH is also registered with the CFTC as a derivatives clearing organization.

A designated contract market (DCM) and a registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO), HedgeStreet is subject to regulatory oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

As used in this section, the term "contractual right" includes a right set forth in a rule or bylaw of a derivatives clearing organization (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act), a multilateral clearing organization (as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991), a national securities exchange, a national securities association, or a securities clearing agency, a contract market designated under the Commodity Exchange Act, a derivatives transaction execution facility registered under the Commodity Exchange Act, or a board of trade (as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act), or in a resolution of the governing board thereof, and a right, whether or not in writing, arising under common law, under law merchant, or by reason of normal business practice.