Document ID: SEC-2022-1190-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: LCH SA
Posted Date: 2022-09-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55872-55876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19579]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-95674; File No. SR-LCH SA-2022-007]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH SA; Notice of Filing of 
Proposed Rule Change Relating To Providing Clearing Services for 
Additional Index and Single Name CDS

September 6, 2022.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'' or ``Exchange Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice 
is hereby given that on August 29, 2022, Banque Centrale de 
Compensation, which conducts business under the name LCH SA (``LCH 
SA''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'' or ``SEC'') the proposed rule change (``Proposed Rule 
Change'') described in Items I, II and III below, which Items have been 
primarily prepared by LCH SA. The Commission is publishing this notice 
to solicit comments on the Proposed Rule Change from interested 
persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
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I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the 
Proposed Rule Change

    LCH SA is proposing to expand its CDSClear service to provide 
clearing services for additional index and single name credit default 
swaps (``CDS''). Specifically, LCH SA is proposing to provide clearing 
services with regard to the iTraxx Asia ex Japan Index, the Markit CDX 
Emerging Markets (``CDX.EM'') Index and the single names that comprise 
each index, as well as a list of additional sovereign single names 
which are not constituent of an index (all together the ``New 
Products''). To expand its clearing services in this way, LCH SA is 
proposing to amend its CDS Clearing Supplement (the ``Supplement'') and 
Section 2 of the CDS Clearing Procedures (the ``Procedures'') to 
accommodate these additional indices and single names. LCH SA is 
further proposing to amend its CDS Margin Framework and CDS Default 
Fund Methodology (Guide Stress Testing) to reflect the addition of the 
New Products in the scope of instruments eligible for clearing by 
members of LCH SA CDSClear service.
    The text of the Proposed Rule Change is in Exhibit 5.\3\
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    \3\ Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the 
meaning specified in the CDS Clearing Rule Book or the Clearing 
Supplement, as applicable.
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    The launch of the various initiatives reflected in the Proposed 
Rule Change will be contingent upon LCH SA's receipt of all necessary 
regulatory approvals, including the approval by the Commission of the 
Proposed Rule Change described herein.

II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, LCH SA included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the Proposed Rule Change and 
discussed

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any comments it received on the Proposed Rule Change. The text of these 
statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. 
LCH SA has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 
of the most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    The Proposed Rule change is being adopted to expand LCH SA's 
CDSClear service to provide clearing services for additional index and 
single name CDS. Specifically, LCH SA is proposing to provide clearing 
services with regard to the iTraxx Asia ex Japan Index, the CDX.EM 
Index and the single names that comprise each index, as well as a list 
of additional sovereign single names which are not constituent of an 
index.
    LCH SA has determined that the existing CDSClear risk model 
currently appropriately takes into account the risk associated with the 
New Products but is proposing to amend both its CDS Margin Framework 
and CDS Default Fund Methodology (Guide Stress testing) in order to 
reflect the addition of the New Products to the list of instruments 
eligible for clearing. To accommodate the New Products, LCH SA is 
further proposing to amend the Supplement and Section 2 of the 
Procedures.
(a) The CDS Clearing Supplement
    To accommodate the New Products, LCH SA is proposing to amend the 
following definitions set out in Section 1.2 of Part B of the 
Supplement: (i) ``Compression Cut-off Date''; (ii) ``Novation Cut-off 
Date''; (iii) ``Index Cleared Transaction Confirmation''; and (iv) 
``Transaction Business Day''.
    Specifically, the definitions of ``Compression Cut-off Date'' and 
``Novation Cut-off Date'' are each being amended to add two additional 
credit events that are taken into consideration in determining the 
``Compression Cut-off Date'' and ``Novation Cut-off Date'': (i) the 
``Obligation Acceleration Credit Event''; and (ii) the ``Repudiation/
Moratorium Credit Event''. These credit events, which are both standard 
under the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, are not credit 
events that apply to any of the transaction types referenced by CDS 
that are currently eligible for clearing at LCH SA and, therefore, did 
not previously need to be addressed in the Supplement. These credit 
events apply to certain transaction types for sovereigns, and are 
proposed to be added as a result of index comprising of and single name 
CDS referencing sovereign reference entities becoming eligible for 
clearing.
    In addition, the definition of ``Index Cleared Transaction 
Confirmation'' is proposed to be revised to provide that: (i) with 
regard to any index cleared transaction that references a Markit iTraxx 
ex Japan Index Series [27] or above, the confirmation will be the form 
of confirmation that incorporates the iTraxx Asia/Pacific Untranched 
Standard Terms Supplement; and (ii) with regard to any index cleared 
transaction that references a Markit CDX.EM Index Series [27] or above, 
the form of confirmation that incorporates the CDX Emerging Markets 
Untranched Transactions Standard Terms Supplement, in each case being 
the latest version in force as published by Markit North America, Inc.
    The definition of a ``Transaction Business Day'' is currently 
defined to mean a ``Business Day'', as defined in the Index Cleared 
Transaction Confirmation or the Single Name Cleared Transaction 
Confirmation, as applicable. This term is proposed to be amended to 
take into account the situation where such confirmations could include 
different definitions of the term ``Business Day'' depending on the 
circumstances by providing that, ``if the relevant Index Cleared 
Transaction Confirmation or Single Name Cleared Transaction 
Confirmation defines such term differently depending upon its use, such 
distinction shall also apply to the use of the term Transaction 
Business Day herein.''
    In Section 2 of Part B of the Supplement, LCH SA is proposing to 
amend Section 2.2 (Index Cleared Transaction Confirmation) which 
specifies the manner in which an Index Cleared Transaction Confirmation 
is amended, supplemented and completed depending on the index CDS that 
is cleared to include, in addition to the indices currently set out in 
the section, the iTraxx Asia ex Japan Index and the CDX.EM Index and 
provide for the necessary amendments to be made to the relevant 
confirmations depending on the index. Section 2.2 is also proposed to 
be amended to provide that ``The applicable Physical Settlement Matrix 
is the version of the Physical Settlement Matrix which is in force on 
the Clearing Day on which the Index Cleared Transaction is registered 
by LCH SA'' in a new indent (i) of paragraph (f). The purpose of this 
amendment is to ensure that the Additional Provisions for Certain 
Russian Entities published by ISDA on March 25, 2022 will apply to the 
relevant cleared trades, including the trades submitted through the 
backloading cycle that could have been entered into before the 
implementation date of these Additional Provisions and updated Physical 
Settlement Matrix and for which one of the parties, or both, did not 
adhere to the ISDA 2022 Russia Additional Provisions Protocol published 
by ISDA on March 29, 2022.
    In Section 4 of Part B of the Supplement, LCH SA is proposing to 
amend Section 4.1(b) to add a ``Repudiation/Moratorium Extension 
Notice'' to the types of notices that neither LCH SA nor a clearing 
member is entitled to deliver with regard to an M(M)R Restructuring in 
accordance with the terms of any Restructuring Cleared Transaction. As 
above, a ``Repudiation/Moratorium Extension Notice'' is standard under 
the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions and is being proposed to 
be added as a result of index comprising of and single name CDS 
referencing sovereigns becoming eligible for clearing.\4\
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    \4\ For the same reason, ``Repudiation/Moratorium Extension 
Notice'' is proposed to be added to Section 5(b) of Appendix XIII of 
Part B of the Supplement (CCM Client Transaction Requirements).
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    In Section 6 of Part B of the Supplement, Section 6.5(c) is 
proposed to be amended to add ``Package Observable Bond'' to the types 
of asset packages that can be identified in a Notice of Physical 
Settlement (``NOPS'') or a NOPS Amendment Notice. The Package 
Observable Bond provisions in the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives 
Definitions only apply to transactions referencing sovereigns. As a 
result, they did not previously need to be referenced in the 
Supplement.
    LCH SA is also proposing to add a new section 6.8(c) entitled 
``Buy-in of Bonds--Cap on Settlement'' for the purposes of clarifying 
how the ``60 Business Day Cap on Settlement'', which is relevant for 
transactions derived from the CDX EM Index amongst others, will apply 
to CCM Client Transactions in respect of the Matched Contracts of a 
Settlement Matched Pair. This proposed amendments consist in making an 
adjustment as to the manner in which Section 9.10 of the 2014 ISDA 
Credit Derivatives Definitions works between Matched Buyer and Matched 
Seller to ensure that the extension of the Termination Date provided 
for by Section 9.10 will apply when there has been a notice delivered 
to Matched Seller by its client under a CCM Client Transaction. This is 
to ensure that the Termination Date of the Cleared

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Transactions and related CCM Client Transaction is the same.\5\
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    \5\ For the same reason, the provisions of section 6.8(c) are 
effectively repeated in Section 7.8 and Section 7.18 of Appendix 
XIII of Part B of the Supplement (CCM Client Transaction 
Requirements). Separately, Section 7.15 of Appendix XIII, 
Alternative Procedures relating to Loans in respect of Matched 
Contracts, and Section 7.17 of Appendix XIII, Alternative Procedures 
relating to Assets Not Delivered, are proposed to be amended to 
remove as unnecessary the phrase ``for the purposes of the Matched 
Contracts of the related Settlement Matched Pair'' and also to use 
the correct defined term ``Settlement Matched Pair''.
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(b) Section 2 of the Procedures
    LCH SA is also proposing to make one minor technical amendment to 
Section 2 of the Procedures (Margin, NPV Payment and Price Alignment). 
Specifically, the initial sentence of Section 2.7(c) currently 
provides, inter alia, that, where a Clearing Member is acting as a CDS 
Seller, Short Charge Margin will be required to cover the risk that the 
Clearing Member is subject to an event of default at the same time that 
a credit event occurs ``with respect to a Reference Entity''. 
Recognizing that a credit event may occur with respect to more than one 
Reference Entity, this sentence is proposed to be revised to refer to 
``one or more Reference Entities''.
(c) The Reference Guide: CDS Margin Framework
    LCH SA is proposing to amend the Margin Framework to reflect the 
addition of the new single names. For example, Section 3.4.5, Portfolio 
Margining, which, inter alia, lists the various combinations of 
instruments that can constitute an index basis package, is proposed to 
be revised to add to the list (i) the CDX.EM Index vs All Single Names 
Constituents of the index and (ii) the iTraxx Asia ex Japan vs All 
Single Names Constituents of the index. In addition, LCH SA is 
proposing to amend Section 3.1.1, Recovery Rate for Short Charge to 
note that the recovery rate for state-owned enterprises (``SOE'') is 70 
percent. LCH is also proposing to move the provisions of current 
Section 3.5.2, Short Charge Calculation, to a new Section 3.5.3. A new 
Section 3.5.2, Sovereign Exposures, is proposed to be added, which 
notes the high level of correlation between SOEs and their sovereign 
entities. As a result, an SOE that is more than 50 percent owned by a 
sovereign entity would be defaulted jointly with its sovereign entity 
when the positions are not risk reducing. Further, exposures for SOEs 
will be calculated using a fixed 70 percent recovery rate.
    LCH SA is also proposing to amend Section 3.8.1, Offsets inter-
region, to expand the regional pairs that LCH SA will consider in 
calculating wrong way risk to include: (i) Europe/US; (ii) Europe/
Australia; (iii) Europe/Asia; (iv) US/Australia; (v) US/Asia; and (vi) 
Asia/Australia.
    LCH SA is proposing to amend Section 4.1.1, Liquidity Charge for 
Linear Portfolio, to note that the liquidation cost of a sub-portfolio 
composed of a single 5 year position in the principal on the run index 
is simply the sum of the macro hedging cost. Further, single names 
without a parent index are considered a sub-portfolio for which LCH SA 
charges the cost of unwinding a non-hedged sub-portfolio. Finally, 
Section 4.1.2, Macro Hedging Phase, which, inter alia, sets out a list 
of sub-portfolios corresponding to indices and their components is 
proposed to be revised to add: (i) the CDX.EM sub-portfolio; (ii) the 
iTraxx Asia ex Japan IG sub-portfolio, and (iii) the No parent index 
sub-portfolio.
    LCH SA is proposing to amend Section 4.1.7 to update the existing 
thresholds and include more cleared indexes in the table for volume 
thresholds based on calibrations done in December 2021. A dedicated 
liquidity grid has also been added for sovereign single names in order 
to reflect their tighter bid-ask spreads and higher liquidity profiles.
    LCH SA is also proposing to amend the CDS Default Fund Methodology 
(Guide Stress Testing) in a number of sections, to reflect the 
extension of the product offer as well as to introduce a Sovereign 
Stressed Short Charge component aimed to capture a potential joint 
default of a member and its country:

--the last paragraph of section 2.2 adds to the list of index families 
covered to reflect the addition of CDX.EM and iTraxx Asia. It also adds 
iTraxx Australia, as this should have been updated when introducing 
that index.
--section 2.4.1 details how State-Owned Entities' exposures should be 
added to the exposure on the sovereign name only if risk increasing
--section 2.4.2 introduces a Sovereign Stressed Short Charge, 
considering jointly the top exposure across the portfolio and if 
relevant the exposure on the sovereign name corresponding to the 
member's jurisdiction
--section 2.4.3. and 2.7.2 describe the same Sovereign Stressed Short 
Charge with formulas instead of plain text
--section 2.6.1. and 2.6.3 extend the logic of exercise decisions to 
consider the Sovereign Stressed Short Charge when relevant
2. Statutory Basis
    LCH SA believes that the Proposed Rule Change is consistent with 
the requirements of Section 17A of the Act \6\ and regulations 
thereunder applicable to it, including Commission Rule 17Ad-22(e).\7\ 
In particular, Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act requires, inter alia, 
that the rules of a clearing agency be designed to ``promote the prompt 
and accurate clearance and settlement of . . . derivatives agreements, 
contracts, and transactions.'' \8\ By proposing to amend its CDS 
Clearing Supplement to authorize the expansion of LCH SA's CDSClear 
Service to provide clearing services with regard to the New Products, 
on the terms and conditions set out in the Proposed Rule Change, LCH SA 
considers that this would encourage Clearing Members to clear 
additional indices and single name CDS through its CDSClear service, 
which, in turn, should promote the prompt and accurate clearance and 
settlement of those instruments within the meaning of Section 
17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act.\9\ The Proposed Rule Change, in particular, 
the amendments to the CDS Clearing Supplement, therefore, are 
consistent with the requirements of Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act.
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
    \7\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22.
    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
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    Further, from the perspective of financial risk management and 
margin requirements, the clearing of the New Products would not require 
changes to LCH SA's existing margin methodology, default management 
policies and procedures and operational process, as LCH SA determined 
that the current margin framework for its CDSClear service already 
appropriately captures the risk associated to the New Products. The New 
Products would be cleared pursuant to LCH SA's existing clearing 
arrangements and related financial safeguards, protections and risk 
management procedures which are consistent with Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(17),\10\ requiring a covered clearing agency to establish, 
implement, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures 
reasonably designed to manage the covered clearing agency's operational 
risks by, among other things, identifying the plausible sources of 
operational risk, both internal and external, and mitigating their 
impact through the use of appropriate systems, policies, procedures, 
and controls.
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    \10\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(17).
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    Adopting rules to facilitate the clearing of the New Products would 
also be consistent with other relevant

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requirements of Rule 17Ad-22(e),\11\ as set forth in the following 
discussion.
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    \11\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e).
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    Margin Requirements. Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4) \12\ requires LCH SA to 
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, among 
other requirements. In terms of financial resources, LCH SA would apply 
its existing margin methodology to the New Products. LCH SA believes 
that the proposed rules that would apply this risk model to the New 
Products will provide sufficient margin requirements to cover its 
credit exposure to its clearing members from clearing such contracts, 
consistent with the requirements of Rule 17Ad-22I(4).\13\ [sic]
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    \12\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(4).
    \13\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)4.
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    Financial Resources. Rule 17Ad-22I(4)(i) \14\ [sic] requires LCH SA 
to 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. To the 
extent not already maintained pursuant to paragraph (e)(4)(i), Rule 
17Ad-22(e)(4)(ii) \15\ requires LCH SA's policies and procedures be 
reasonably designed to maintain additional financial resources at the 
minimum to enable it to cover a wide range of foreseeable stress 
scenarios that include, but are not limited to, the default of the two 
participant families that would potentially cause the largest aggregate 
credit exposure for the covered clearing agency in extreme but 
plausible market conditions. As explained above, LCH SA is proposing to 
make some changes to its CDS Default Fund Methodology documentation 
(Guide Stress Testing) in order to reflect the extension of the product 
list as well as to introduce a Sovereign Stressed Short Charge 
component aimed to capture a potential joint default of a member and 
its country. LCH SA believes that with the proposed changes in its 
stress testing framework, its Default Fund will, together with the 
required margin, provide sufficient financial resources to support the 
clearing of the New Products, consistent with the requirements of Rules 
17Ad-22(e)(4)(i) and (ii).
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    \14\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(4)(i).
    \15\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(4)(ii).
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    Operational Resources. Rule 17Ad-22(e)(3) \16\ requires LCH SA to 
establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written policies and 
procedures reasonably designed to maintain a sound risk management 
framework for comprehensively managing legal, credit, liquidity, 
operational, general business, investment, custody, and other risks 
that arise in or are borne by the covered clearing agency. LCH SA 
believes that its existing operational and risk management resources 
will be sufficient for clearing of the New Products, consistent with 
the requirements of Rule 17Ad-22(e)(3) \17\, as these new contracts are 
substantially the same from an operational and risk management 
perspective as the existing CDS contracts cleared by LCH SA CDSClear.
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    \16\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(3).
    \17\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(3).
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    LCH SA will also apply its existing default management policies and 
procedures for the New Products. As with current CDSClear products with 
similar risk profile, LCH SA believes that these procedures allow for 
it to take timely action to contain losses and liquidity pressures and 
to continue meeting its obligations in the event of clearing member 
insolvencies or defaults in respect of the additional single names, in 
accordance with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(3).\18\
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    \18\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(3).
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    Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-22(e)(1) \19\ requires that a covered 
clearing agency establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for a well-
founded, clear, transparent, and enforceable legal basis for each 
aspect of its activities in all relevant jurisdictions. As described 
above, the Proposed Change is also modifying the Supplement to take 
into account the New Products and provide for a clear and transparent 
legal basis for LCH SA's CDS Clearing rules consistent with the 
requirements of Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-22(e)(1).\20\
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    \19\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(1).
    \20\ 17 CFR 240.17Ad-22(e)(1).
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    Credit default swap (CDS) is an over-the-counter (OTC) market on 
which participants can be active at any time in the context of market 
stress. The LCH SA CDSClear risk model is considering 5-d moves of 
unhedged portfolios and the back testing results confirmed that the 
margins for the New Products were sufficient to cover the exposure in 
the interval between the last margin collection and the close out of 
the portfolio a defaulting cleating member which is consistent with the 
requirements of SEC Rule 17Ad-22(e)(6)(iii).\21\
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    \21\ 17 CFR 240. 17Ad-22(e)(6)(iii).
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B. Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    Section 17A(b)(3)(I) of the Act requires that the rules of a 
clearing agency not impose any burden on competition not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.\22\
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    \22\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(I).
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    LCH SA does not believe that its proposed clearing of the New 
Products will adversely affect competition in the trading market for 
those contracts or CDS generally. By allowing LCH SA to clear the New 
Products, market participants will have additional choices on where to 
clear and which products to use for risk management purposes, which, in 
turn, will promote competition and further the development of CDS for 
risk management.
    In addition, LCH SA will continue to apply its existing fair and 
open access criteria to the clearing of these additional products and 
will apply the same criteria to every clearing member or client who 
proposes to enter into this clearing activity.
    Accordingly, LCH SA does not believe that the Proposed Rule Change 
would impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or 
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

C. Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change 
Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not been 
solicited or received. LCH SA will notify the Commission of any written 
comments received by LCH SA.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
     Send an email to [email protected]. Please include 
File Number SR-LCH SA-2022-007 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to File Number SR-LCH SA-2022-007. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's internet website (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). 
Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written 
statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with 
the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed 
rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those 
that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions 
of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in 
the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection 
and copying at the principal office of LCH SA and on LCH SA's website 
at: https://www.lch.com/resources/rulebooks/proposed-rule-changes.
    All comments received will be posted without change. Persons 
submitting comments are cautioned that we do not redact or edit 
personal identifying information from comment submissions. You should 
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All 
submissions should refer to File Number SR-LCH SA-2022-007 and should 
be submitted on or before October 3, 2022.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\23\
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    \23\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
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