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Final Rules Swaps Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Swaps Enforcement Update: Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

While the initial swap dealer enforcement actions brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) focused on swap data reporting failures, recent enforcement efforts have focused on compliance with business conduct...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

CFTC Approves Final Rule Exempting Certain Swaps from Swap-Clearing Requirements

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On November 2, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a final rule exempting swaps entered into by certain financial institutions from the CFTC’s swap-clearing requirement under the Commodity Exchange Act...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Finalizes Cross-Border Swaps Rule

On July 23, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) voted 3-2 to approve a final rule (Final Rule) on the cross-border application of certain swap provisions under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Finalizes Post-Trade Name Give-Up Rule, Introduces New Electronic Trading Proposal

On June 25, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) held an open meeting and voted unanimously to approve a final rule prohibiting post-trade name give-up for swaps executed anonymously on a swap...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

CFTC Requires Introducing Brokers, Commodity Pool Operators, and Most Commodity Trading Advisors That Use Swaps to Become Members...

On September 14, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a final rule requiring introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs), and most commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to become members...more

K&L Gates LLP

Swap Definitions Rules Finalized by the SEC and the CFTC under Dodd-Frank

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Introduction - On July 18, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC” and, together with the SEC, the “Commissions”) jointly published several final rules...more

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