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SEC proposal to push more treasuries into clearinghouses
WASHINGTON — Regulators are moving to reverse a decades-long shift in U.S. government debt markets away from central clearinghouses.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will release a proposal on Wednesday that aims to force more market participants to settle U.S. Treasury securities trades on clearinghouses. Such platforms sit between buyers and sellers of securities and serve as an alternative to bilateral transactions, reducing the risk for each that the other will not deliver.