The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an official order granting the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) conditional exemptive relief from specific settlement requirements that apply to certain cash-settled security futures contracts, according to an official announcement published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2026.
The order, identified as Release No. 34-105882 and published at 91 FR 43410, was issued under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 6h-1(d) thereunder. It exempts CME, on a conditional basis, from the opening price settlement requirements set out in Rule 6h-1(b) of the Exchange Act for the specific category of cash-settled security futures covered by the relief.
