The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted amendments to CFTC Rules 1.25 and 30.7 that would narrow the scope of permissible investments for customer funds held by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) in the customer segregated account maintained under section 4d(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act or the foreign futures and foreign options secured amount account maintained in accordance with CFTC Rule 30.7. Among the key investment categories that will no longer be permitted under the amended rule are foreign sovereign debt obligations, commercial paper and corporate notes or bonds (other than certain instruments that are fully guaranteed by the U.S. government pursuant to the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP)), and inter-affiliate resale and repurchase transactions and certain internal transactions (i.e., “internal repos”).