The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved an order for ICE Trade Vault, LLC, a provisionally registered swap data repository, to remove the “foreign exchange” asset class as an asset class for which ICE Trade Vault, LLC will accept data. This approval is pursuant to section 21 of the Commodity Exchange Act and part 49 of the Commission’s regulations.
The CFTC had granted provisional registration to ICE Trade Vault, LLC as a swap data repository on June 27, 2012, to accept swap data for the interest rate, credit, foreign exchange, and other commodity asset classes. (See CFTC Press Release 6292-12). The Commission previously granted an order to remove the “interest rate” asset class from the provisional registration of ICE Trade Vault, LLC on December 3, 2012. (See CFTC Press Release 6440-12).