Infrastructures | B3

Provision of services to other financial market infrastructures

According to the External Communication available below, B3 has submitted to public consultation, for comments and review by its participants and other interested parties, the rules, operating procedures and commercial conditions that will govern the access by other financial market infrastructures to the following services:

  • clearing and settlement, in the capacity as central counterparty, of transactions in the cash equity market related to trades originated in other FMI (CCP Services); and 
  • central depository, in relation to equity securities that are cleared and settled through other FMI (CSD Services).

This Public Consultation encompasses:

  • the rules and procedures related to the access and operation of CCP and CSD Services, reflected in B3's applicable rules (Access Rules);
  • commercial conditions related to the provision of CCP and CSD Services (Commercial Policy); and
  • the mechanisms that will be adopted to ensure quality and an equitable treatment in the provision of CCP and CSD Services to other FMI. 

The provisions of the Regulations that incorporate the Access Rules and are, thus, the object of this Public Consultation were highlighted in yellow in the drafts available in Portuguese. Any comments or suggestions must be forwarded to B3 in accordance with the External Communication.