Borsa Italiana S.p.A., the managing company of the Italian stock exchange ("Borsa Italiana"), amended its Rules of the Market and the related Instructions (new version entered in force on 3 December 2018), in order to include other central counterparties besides Cassa di Compesanzione e Garanzia — the market's default central counterparty, for the clearing and guarantee of contracts. Trading members of such markets will therefore have to indicate their preferred central counterparty.

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