Overview
- The CNV approved Resolución General 1152 on Thursday and revoked Criterio Interpretativo N°99 so brokers can sell securities that settle in dollars for their own books under new exceptions.
- Those exceptions let brokers rebuild foreign‑currency positions up to 15% of their computable net equity and limit daily activity to roughly 3% of that base, and they apply only to the brokers' own portfolios.
- The rule keeps a ban on using peso financing to create dollar positions and requires brokers to collect sworn statements from clients to prove compliance.
- In a separate step the CNV issued RG 1153 to temporarily block approval and new subscriptions for qualified-investor funds that plan to hold more than 25% in foreign assets while it studies the fiscal cost, allowing existing positions to remain.
- Regulators say the package, requested by the BCRA and framed as market normalisation, aims to boost liquidity and trading capacity while adding a monthly reporting duty via the Autopista de la Información Financiera so authorities can track any rise in demand for dollar-settled instruments.