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Commodities Futures Trading Commission Forex

The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission was created in 1974 to regulate commodity futures and option markets. The Commission’s mission is to protect market participants and the public from... more +
The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission was created in 1974 to regulate commodity futures and option markets. The Commission’s mission is to protect market participants and the public from fraud, abuse, and systemic risk associated with derivatives subject to the Commodities Exchange Act. In 2010, as a result of the Frank-Dodd Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection, the Commission’s role was expanded to include drafting rules for regulating the swaps marketplace. less -
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Proprietary Trading and Global Regulation

In recent years, a new field called “prop trading” has emerged. It enables traders to trade financial products such as stocks, commodity bonds, cryptocurrencies, CFDs, and forex products without using their own money, but...more

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CFTC Enforcement Priorities: Commodity Trading Advisory Services in Energy and Other Areas Under Scrutiny

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The Situation: Recent enforcement actions and settlements by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC," or the "Commission") demonstrate that the Commission views registration violations as an enforcement...more

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NFA to Require Swap Proficiency Testing for Associated Persons of CPOs and CTAs Who Engage in Swaps Activity

• By January 31, 2021, all swap associated persons of registered CPOs and CTAs must take and pass the NFA’s new swaps proficiency requirements. • The swaps proficiency requirements mirror the proficiency testing long...more

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The European Union has fined Mastercard $650 million for “breaching antitrust rules by raising payment-processing fees artificially, leading to higher prices for retailers and consumers” alike. The penalty came after a 6-year...more

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Bridging the Week - September 2018 #2

A federal court in Brooklyn, New York, issued a much-anticipated decision, holding that digital assets issued as part of initial coin offerings could be securities under applicable law. Although this decision was issued...more

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In what can only be described as a Lazarus-like return, the Ex-Im Bank is reportedly nearly back on its feet again. The White House has chosen Kimberly Reed to helm the agency after prior nominee Scott Garrett was rejected by...more

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Chalk up a major win for Carl Icahn. Icahn has forced Xerox’s CEO, Board Chair, and 5 other board members out of their jobs as part of a push by activist investors. The shake-up will jeopardize the company’s $6.1 billion...more

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Uber has picked a new CEO. Word emerged late yesterday that the board selected current Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi to take the helm. Khosrowshahi beat out high-powered execs like Jeff Immelt and Meg Whitman in assuming...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume XI, Issue 46

ISS Releases 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates - On November 21, ISS published its 2017 Proxy Voting Guideline Updates, which will be in effect for meetings held on or after February 1, 2017. The US 2017 updates cover...more

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Serious Fraud Office Closes Forex Investigation

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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) recently announced that it had closed its criminal investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange (FX) market. The SFO began its investigation in July 2014...more

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Bridging the Week - September 2015

Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Potential Damages in RMBS Suit Against WMC Mortgage Drastically Reduced - On August 18, Judge Denise Cote of the federal district court for the Southern District of New York addressed the appropriate measure of potential...more

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NFA Announces Effective Date of Enhanced Retail Forex Requirements

On September 1, the National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to its members announcing the effective date of new requirements for forex dealer members (FDM). As reported in the August 28 edition of the Corporate and...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 34

CFTC - CFTC Announces Upcoming Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting - The CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on September 22 to address speculative positions limits for...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Approves NFA’s Enhanced Retail Forex Requirements

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amendments to National Futures Association’s (NFA’s) rules and an accompanying interpretive notice governing Forex Dealer Members (FDMs). Specifically, the rule amendments...more

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Forex Dealer Members—The Times, They Are A-changing

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On January 15, 2015, two days after the Swiss National Bank reaffirmed its commitment to a three-year peg on the franc, and less than a month after stating that the cap was “absolutely central,” and it would continue to...more

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NFA Proposes to Enhance Risk Management, Capital, Collateral and Disclosure Requirements for FDMs

National Futures Association has proposed amendments to NFA Compliance Rule 2-36 and Financial Requirements Sections 11 and 12 and adoption of the Interpretative Notice entitled NFA Compliance Rule 2-36: Risk Management...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - June 2015

Non-Recognition of US CCPs as Subject to Equivalent Regulation May Require European-Based Funds to Restrict Trading in US Centrally Cleared Derivatives - An opinion by the European Securities and Markets Authority...more

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Two Criminal Investment Fund Fraud Actions

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Despite massive publicity and numerous cases by enforcement authorities, investment fund fraud actions continue to be a staple of the SEC, CFTC and the DOJ. In case after case investors are convinced to part with their hard...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 4

In this issue: - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Resales Under Regulation S - SEC Announces Proxy Voting Roundtable - CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief From Certain...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 3

In this issue: - SEC Chair Directs Staff to Review Commission Rule Excluding Conflicting Proxy Proposals - SEC Comments on FINRA's Proposed Rule Amendment to Increase Pricing Disclosure - CFTC Grants...more

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