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The members of GSD include dealers, inter-dealer brokers, registered investment companies, government securities issuers, banks, foreign entities, registered clearing agencies and members of the Centrally Cleared Institutional Triparty (CCIT™) Service that meet GSD's membership requirements. GSD's central counterparty services provide its members with operationally efficient processing, collateral management and reduced risk.

Direct Participant

  • Netting
    Membership
  • CCIT
    Membership

Membership Types, Eligibility,
Capital & Margin Requirements:

A full GSD membership type for registered dealers; registered government securities dealers; banks or trust companies chartered under the laws of the U.S. or a State thereof, or a bank or trust company established or chartered under the laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction and participates in GSD through its U.S. branch or agency; inter-dealer brokers (IDB); futures commission merchants; government securities issuers; registered clearing agencies; and registered investment companies. An entity may apply to be a foreign member in one of the existing categories if FICC has determined that the entity has a home country regulator that has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the SEC regarding the sharing or exchange of information and maintains a presence in the U.S., either directly or through a suitable agent.

MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Financial Responsibility – Applicant must have sufficient financial ability to make anticipated required deposits to the Clearing Fund and Funds-Only Settlement Amounts and to meet all of its other obligations to the Corporation in a timely manner and satisfy certain minimum financial requirements.
  • Operational Capability - Applicant must, among other things, successfully complete network and connectivity testing at the current FICC standards and fulfill, within the timeframes established by the Corporation, any operational testing requirements and related reporting requirements that may be imposed by the Corporation to ensure the operational capability of the applicant.

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

  • U.S. Bank or Trust Company applicant must have CET1 Capital of at least $500 million and be Well Capitalized.
  • Non-U.S. Bank or Trust Company applicant must have CET1 Capital of at least $500 million, comply with the minimum capital requirements and capital ratios required by its home country regulator, or, if greater, with such minimum capital requirements or capital ratios standards promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and provide an attestation for itself, its parent bank and its parent bank holding company detailing the minimum capital requirements and capital ratios required by their home country regulator.
  • Dealer, Futures Commission Merchant, or Inter-Dealer Broker applicant must have Net Worth of at least $25 million and an Excess Net Capital or an equivalent of at least $10 million.
  • Foreign Person applicant must satisfy its home country regulator’s minimum financial requirements and if the applicant is 1) a broker or dealer, it must have a total equity capital of at least $25 million or 2) a non-U.S. bank or trust company, it must meet the requirements of (b) above.
  • Government Securities Issuer applicant must have equity capital of at least $100 million.
  • Registered Investment Company applicant must have a minimum Net Assets of $100 million.

      • MARGIN REQUIREMENTS

      Applicants must post an initial Clearing Fund Deposit based on the anticipated volume and nature of the Member’s activity, prior to going live. Post go-live, a Netting Member must meet a required Clearing Fund amount based on the Netting Member’s unsettled positions and the market risk associated with those positions; this amount is calculated twice daily.

CCIT Membership is a limited GSD membership type for triparty cash lenders.

MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Financial Responsibility – Applicant has sufficient financial ability to meet all of its obligations to the Corporation in a timely manner.
  • Operational Capability – Applicant or its Joint Account Submitter, as applicable, must be able to satisfactorily communicate with the Corporation, fulfill anticipated commitments to and meet the operational requirements of the Corporation with necessary promptness and accuracy, and conform to any operational condition and requirement that the Corporation reasonably deems necessary for its protection or that of its members.

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Applicant must have minimum Net Assets of $100 million.

MARGIN REQUIREMENTS

CCIT Members are not required to post a Clearing Fund Deposit. CCIT Members grant FICC a security interest in and to the securities and other property delivered to it by the Corporation pursuant to the CCIT Transaction credited to an account maintained by the CCIT Member or Joint Account Submitter on its behalf as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all obligations of the CCIT Member to the Corporation under each CCIT Transaction.

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The statements and other information available on and through this page, including information in any links and documents available on this page, is for informational purposes only. Please refer to the GSD Rules for descriptions of the rules, procedures, and all rights, obligations, and other requirements of both FICC and its participants in connection with their use of GSD’s services. In the case of any discrepancy between the information available here and the GSD Rules, the GSD Rules govern.

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