CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; and Executive Branch. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The past week could be best described by one word. Chaos. In the House, a scheduled...more
In this issue: - FINRA and ISG Extend Effective Date for Certain Electronic Blue Sheet Data Elements - NFA Amends FCM Capital Requirements for Forex Transactions with ECPs - Delaware Supreme Court Upholds...more
In the wake of the financial crisis, global regulators have endeavored to undertake significant regulatory reform of the swaps markets. In 2009, the members of the G-20 agreed that: (i) the OTC derivatives contracts should be...more
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and settled charges with Enskilda Futures Limited (EFL) for failing to meet capital requirements....more
A rule proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) designed to strengthen safeguards for customer deposits at futures commission merchants (FCMs) is threatening to overhaul the futures brokerage system. The...more
Lobbying groups in the derivatives industry are bombarding the CFTC with requests to delay new derivatives rules set to go into effect on October 12....more
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