CFTC Approves Final Rule on Amendments to the Swap Portfolio Reconciliation...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule to amend a requirement that swap dealers (SD) and major swap participants (MSP) exchange the terms of swaps with their...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Proposed Amendment to the 2013 Final Order Regarding RTOs and ISOs
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a proposed amendment to a final order the CFTC issued on March 28, 2013 that exempted certain specified transactions of six Regional...
View ArticleCFTCâs Division of Market Oversight Extends Conditional Time-Limited...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced it has issued a no-action letter extending conditional time-limited relief for...
View ArticleCFTC Staff Issues Residual Interest Deadline Report
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight today issued a report on the âResidual Interest Deadline,â as required under CFTC...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Final Cross-Border Margin Rule
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today adopted a rule implementing a cross-border approach to the CFTCâs margin requirements for uncleared swaps (Final Rule). Published in January...
View ArticleCFTC Approves Supplement to Position Limits Proposal to Permit Exchanges to...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today voted unanimously to issue for public comment a supplement to its December 2013 position limits proposal that will modify the procedures...
View ArticleCFTC Grants Registration to 3 Swap Execution Facilities
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has issued Orders of Registration to three Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), granting them fully registered status with the...
View ArticleCFTC Staff to Hold Roundtable on Certain Elements of Regulation AT
The Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC or Commission) Division of Market Oversight announced today that staff will hold a public roundtable meeting, to discuss certain elements of the...
View ArticleCFTCâs Division of Clearing and Risk Issues No-Action Letter for...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a time-limited no-action letter stating that DCR will not recommend that the CFTC take...
View ArticleCFTC Issues Two Entities Orders of Foreign Board of Trade Registration to...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued Orders of Registration to two Foreign Boards of Trade (FBOT).
View ArticleCFTC to Reopen Comment Period for Specific Elements of Regulation Automated...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will reopen the comment period for specific elements of Regulation Automated Trading (Regulation AT).
View ArticleCFTC Signs MOU with the European Securities and Markets Authority Related to...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Securities and Markets Authority...
View ArticleCFTCâs Market Risk Advisory Committee to Meet on June 27, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) will hold a public meeting on June 27, 2016 at the CFTC's Washington, DC, headquarters. CFTC Commissioner...
View ArticleCFTC Proposes Additional Interest Rate Swaps For Clearing Requirement
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today proposed amending CFTC regulation 50.4(a) to require certain additional interest rate swaps to be cleared by market participants through a...
View ArticleCFTC Extends No-Action Relief to SEFs and DCMs from Certain CFTC Regulations...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissionâs (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Clearing and Risk (together, the Divisions) today issued a no-action letter extending the...
View ArticleCFTC Approves Final Rule to Amend Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule (the Final Rule) that amends existing swaps reporting regulations in order to provide additional clarity to swap...
View ArticleCFTC Requests Public Comment on a Rule Amendment Certification Filing by ICE...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a rule amendment certification filing by ICE Futures U.S. which would clarify that parties to a block trade may...
View ArticleSEC: Accountant Suspended For Failing To Spot Fraud In Company Audit
The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended an accountant for conducting a faulty audit of the financial statements of a public company that was committing fraud, and the firm where he was a...
View ArticleWeekly Top 5 Papers â July 22, 2016
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View ArticleUnited Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: FCA On Cancellation Of...
The Treasury Committee publishes correspondence between Rt Hon. Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman of the Committee, and Tracey McDermott, former Acting Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),...
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