Notice of Request for Comment – Material Amendments to CDS Rules Related to Liquidity Risk Management – CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.

The Ontario Securities Commission is publishing for 30-day public comment material amendments to the CDS Rules relating to liquidity risk management. The purpose of the proposed rules amendments is to enhance CDS’s liquidity risk management by requiring Participants to provide money in Canadian dollars as the sole type of eligible collateral permitted in satisfying certain collateral requirements such as the Default Fund and the Supplemental Liquidity Fund.

The comment period ends on December 9, 2019.

A copy of the CDS Notice is published on our website at www.osc.ca.