ICE Trust, the unit of exchange operator IntercontinentalExchange Inc. dedicated to clearing credit-default swaps, has withdrawn its application to be a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in response to changes proposed by the regulator.

ICE filed the application Nov. 12, but a spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday that it decided to withdraw it, “given the significant changes proposed to the commission regulations” for derivatives-clearing organizations, or DCOs. Get the full story »