The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved proposed amendments to National Futures Association compliance rules, bylaws and other requirements applicable to the retail forex activities of NFA members.

Among the amendments, NFA is eliminating certain existing exclusions from compliance with NFA’s forex requirements, with the result that all NFA members engaging in retail forex transactions will be subject to the applicable NFA forex requirements (subject to a limited exemption for futures commission merchants (FCMs) whose forex activities are limited to hedging currency risk for their futures customers). Currently, NFA’s retail forex requirements do not apply to FCMs and introducing brokers that are also registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as broker-dealers.