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February 22, 20111
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VIA ELECTRON
NIC MAIL
DDavid A. Stawwick, Secretaryy
CCommodity Futures Tradin ng Commissio on
TThree Lafayettte Centre
11155 21st Stre eet, NW
WWashington, D D.C. 20581
RRe: RIN number 303 38‐AD09: Fe ederal Regisster Release : 75 FR 800572‐Core P Principles an nd Other
Requiirements for Designated C Contract Marrkets; Propossed Rule
DDear Mr. Staw wick:
EEris Exchange e, LLC (“Eris Exxchange”) appreciates the e opportunityy to submit itss comments tto the U.S. Co ommodity
FFutures Trading Commissio on (the “Com mmission” or ““CFTC”) on thhe proposed Dodd‐Frank A Act rulemakin ng related
tto the Core Prrinciples and Other Requirrements for D Designated Coontract Markeets (the “Prop posal”).
AAs discussed more fully be elow, Eris Excchange has se erious concerrns regardingg a lack of flexibility in thee Proposal
aand the CFTCC’s abrupt movement
m aw
way from thee “principles based” regu ulation, which h has provenn to be a
ssuccessful reegulatory app proach for Designated Contract
C Maarkets (“DCMM”). Specifiically, the ““Minimum
CCentralized MMarket Tradingg Percentage e Requiremen nt” (the “85% Centralized M Market Requirement”) will result in
fforcing futurees contracts thhat historically have been traded on a D DCM to eitheer delist from a DCM or “trransform”
tthe futures co ontract into aa swap that iis then transfferred to a Sw wap Executio on Facility (“SSEF”). See Prroposal at
880588. The 85% Centralized Market Requirementt will have tthe consequeence of chan nging the deffinition or
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ccriteria of a futures contraact. This de me in Commisssion history, impose a
efinitional chaange will, for the first tim
liquidity requuirement on futures conttracts. This liquidity req uirement will deter neww product an nd market
innovation, disrupt marke ets that have functioned well
w in the p ast, and limit the ability of opaque m
markets to
eevolve to trannsparent trad ding venues. Therefore, EEris Exchange does not support the Pro oposal due to o the 85%
CCentralized MMarket Requirement.
I. Background on Eris Exxchange and tthe Eris Interest Rate Swaap Futures Co ontract
EEris Exchange e is an Exemp pt Board of Trade
T subjectt to the jurisddiction of thee Commission n. Eris Exchaange is an
oopen platform m that curren ntly offers th
he trading off an interest rate swap fu utures contraact that repliicates the
eeconomics off a standard over‐the‐cou unter (“OTC”) interest ratte swap (thee “Eris Intereest Rate Swap Futures
CContract” or ““Contract”). TThe Contract is cleared by CME Clearin g.
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While “future
es contract” is nnot defined in the Commoditty Exchange Acct, the Commisssion’s Glossarry provides gen neral
gguidance on the definition:
Future es Contract: An
n agreement to o purchase or ssell a commod ity for deliveryy in the future:: (1) at a price
that iss determined aat initiation of tthe contract; (2
2) that obligatees each party tto the contractt to fulfill the
contraact at the speciified price; (3) that is used to
o assume or sh ift price risk; and (4) that maay be satisfied
by delivery or offset.
http:///www.cftc.govv/ConsumerPro otection/EducaationCenter/CFFTCGlossary/gglossary_f.htmll
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Neaal Brady
Chieef Executive O
Officer
Eris Exchange, LLLC
ccc: Chairm
man Gary Gensler
Commmissioner Micchael V. Dunn n
Commmissioner Jill EE. Sommers
Commmissioner Bartt Chilton
Commmissioner Scott D. O’Malia
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