Core Insights - CME Group has filed with the CFTC to expand its cross-margining agreement with DTCC, aiming to enhance capital efficiencies for end user clients by December 2025, pending regulatory approval [1][2][3] Group 1: Cross-Margining Agreement - The proposed enhancement will allow eligible end user clients with positions at CME Group and DTCC's Fixed Income Clearing Corporation to achieve capital efficiencies when trading U.S. Treasury securities and CME Group interest rate futures with offsetting risk exposures [3][4] - Clients must use the same dually-registered Futures Commission Merchant and broker/dealer at both clearinghouses to participate in end-user cross-margining [4] Group 2: Company Background - CME Group is recognized as the world's leading derivatives marketplace, facilitating trading across various asset classes and providing risk management solutions [6] - DTCC, with over 50 years of experience, serves as the premier post-trade market infrastructure, processing securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion in 2024 [8]