CME Group Inc. (CME) on Tuesday moved to ease barriers preventing MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MF) clients from trading with an emergency rule that will allow some to find a new clearer and resume trading.

The Chicago-based exchange group and some rivals had previously required MF Global clients to secure a release from the failed broker before they could transfer business, frustrating customers and sparking criticism about the lack of information being provided.

CME invoked an emergency rule allowing members of its four main exchanges in Chicago and New York to seek a new clearing member, without recourse to the now-bankrupt MF Global, so long they were "not in deficit position."

A CME spokesman was not immediately able to identify the size of the client group that could benefit from the emergency rule.

-By Doug Cameron, Dow Jones Newswires; 312-750-4135; doug.cameron@dowjones.com

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