PANews, June 26 report – According to the official website of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly issued a document seeking public comments on further harmonizing the regulatory framework for portfolio margining and cross-margining of securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps, and related positions. The two agencies aim to enhance risk management efficiency, reduce unnecessary market fragmentation, and strengthen customer protections through alignment or enhanced coordination. Key areas for comment include existing portfolio margin models and practices, customer protection, cross-margining and cross-product offsets, capital and margin and collateral treatment, clearing agency and clearing organization arrangements, as well as technical and operational implementation. The comment period will run for 60 days after the document is published in the Federal Register.