September 4, 2019

Chicago-based Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), the registered clearing agency for exchange-listed option contracts on equities, will pay $15 million in penalties to the SEC and $5 million in penalties to the CFTC to resolve allegations that it failed to comply with regulations related to clearing agency standards.  As a systemically important financial market utility (SIFMU), OCC is subject to SEC and CFTC regulations regarding the implementation and management of risk management systems, to reduce the risk of disruption in OCC’s operations, and allegedly failed to comply with those standards, including through changing policies without obtaining SEC approval.  SEC; CFTC

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Fraud in CFTC-Regulated Markets, Regulatory Violations, Securities Fraud,