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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has introduced a new rule requiring futures commission merchants (FCMs) to ensure customers maintain enough funds to meet initial margin requirements before allowing withdrawals. This rule also allows FCMs to treat separate customer accounts as if they belong to separate entities, under certain conditions, to manage risks effectively. The new rule aims to protect customer funds, prevent systemic risks, and ensure the integrity of financial markets. It extends existing requirements for margin management currently applicable through DCOs to FCMs who are not clearing members.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the previously approved collection of information under Rule 6e-2 and Form N-6EI-1 as part of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This rule allows life insurance companies to use separate accounts to fund specific variable life insurance products, offering exemptions from certain provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 under defined conditions. Since 2008, no Form N-6EI-1 filings have occurred; hence, there has been no burden or cost to the industry. The SEC is maintaining one burden hour for inventory purposes and invites public comment on this information collection within 30 days of the notice's publication.