On Thursday the CFTC approved the Swaps Block Rule, the Made Available to Trade Rule, the SEF rules, and the Interpretive Guidance and Policy Statement on Disruptive Practices....more
5/20/2013
- CFTC SEFs Swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will vote next week on the Swap Execution Facilities (SEF) rules overseeing derivatives under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act....more
5/13/2013
- CFTC Dodd-Frank Swap Execution Facilities
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave last-minute relief to Foreign Exchange prime brokers after listening to complaints that the market could be threatened by new business conduct rules....more
5/7/2013
- CFTC Dodd-Frank Foreign Exchanges Swap Dealers
Wall street bankers and some of the top finance ministers in the world are engaged in an intense battle with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as they attempt to stop the agency from extending their regulatory powers...more
5/2/2013
- CFTC Derivatives
CME Group, the U.S. based derivatives exchange is in the process of applying for a license to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in an effort to become a trade repository in Europe....more
4/23/2013
- CFTC CME Derivatives ESMA EU London Stock Exchange
The CFTC has filed a complaint against Tunney & Associates, an accounting firm with offices in Indiana and Illinois, for failing to properly audit a registered Futures Commission Merchant. Michael Tunney, the firm’s sole...more
4/19/2013
- Accountants Audits CFTC Commodities Exchange Act
The SEC’s Chairman Elisse Walter urged for a plan that would largely rely on foreign regulation for cross-border trades — ones that would only apply to U.S. rules in cases where no comparable regulations existed....more
3/26/2013
- CFTC Cross-Border FX Swaps SEC
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME NYMEX), which is owned and operated by the CME Group, and two former employees, William Byrnes and Christopher Curtin,...more
2/25/2013
- CFTC CME CME NYMEX Confidential Information
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler, alongside Commissioner Bart Chilton, has renewed the call for speculative position limits....more
2/18/2013
- CFTC Dodd-Frank Position Limits
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced yesterday that Judge G. Ross Anderson of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered an emergency Order freezing and preserving the...more
2/13/2013
- CFTC Commodity Pool False Reporting Fraud Misappropriation
The future of derivatives data hangs in the balance as U.S. regulators deal with proposed Rule 1001, which would allow CME Group to report swaps data from its clients who have their swaps cleared with DTCC....more
1/17/2013
- CFTC Derivatives DTCC Swaps
The Libor and Euribor indexes are under intense scrutiny as regulators wind down the comment period and prepare to issue new rules that may overhaul the industry in the wake of the rate-rigging scandals....more
1/15/2013
- CFTC EURIBOR Financial Services Authority IOSCO Libor RBS
Today the NFA wrote a letter to the CFTC requesting more time to comment on pending regulation. This time, though, the regulation directly affects NFA. Specifically, the NFA wants to extend the deadline of the rulemaking...more
1/8/2013
- CFTC NFA
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has completed a rule enforcement review of ICE Futures. The Commission’s Division of Market Oversight released the full review of ICE’s disciplinary program, along with a...more
12/19/2012
- CFTC IntercontinentalExchange
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in conjunction with the fallout from the Libor scandal, has recently upped the ante for financial penalties....more
12/17/2012
- CFTC Libor Penalties
