Confirmations: NFA and CME’s Financial Match.com
Confirmations: Plugging Into Electronic Confirmations
CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs
Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is
Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC
Customer Segregation: Keep It Separate
Cole-Frieman & Mallon partner/co-founder Bart Mallon Discusses CFTC Regulation 4.5, the Volcker Rule & Other Compliance Issues
Derivatives Attorney Jim Falvey Discusses the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule & Compliance Issues Related to Dodd-Frank
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
Last month, Euronext published a notice to clients that will be of interest to US broker-dealers and FCMs who facilitate client execution and clearing of futures contracts listed on Euronext. The notice advises that from 20...more
On September 27, 2022, 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser agreed to pay more than $1.8 billion in total civil penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, for those same companies or affiliates...more
Recent Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) enforcement actions rely on the anti-manipulation provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to punish misstatements made to...more
On April 14, by unanimous vote of the Commissioners, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking to update comprehensively its Part 190 Rules governing a...more
Key Points - - Unless an exemption from aggregation is available, all positions in accounts for which any person controls the trading or holds a 10 percent or greater ownership or equity interest must be aggregated...more
On December 5, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) unanimously approved a final rule amending the requirements to aggregate positions subject to a CFTC-set speculative position limit (“Final Aggregation...more
For financial institutions, customer due diligence may become tougher and costlier in 2015 if the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's (FinCEN) latest proposed rule is finalized in its current form. On July 30, 2014, FinCEN...more
Editor’s Note: FINRA Rulemaking: In this issue we report on three recent FINRA rule amendments. The first amends the NASD rule on the use of customer account statements to require that member firms use more accurate...more
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued proposed rules (the “Proposed Rules”) to clarify and strengthen customer due diligence requirements for banks, securities...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued two no-action letters granting relief to futures commission merchants (FCMs) from certain requirements of the...more
CFTC Proposes Registered Futures Association Membership Rules - On Friday, November 8, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") proposed amending its regulations to require that all persons...more
At a public meeting on November 5, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted to propose amendments to its rules requiring the aggregation of certain accounts for purposes of complying with CFTC speculative...more
The SEC and CFTC recently issued joint Identity Theft Red Flags Rules (the “Rules”), which are rules and guidelines requiring certain financial institutions worldwide to adopt comprehensive data security programs to detect...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) recently adopted rules requiring entities subject to their respective enforcement authorities to adopt and implement...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 this issue: - Proposed Change to FINRA Rule Regarding Release of Disciplinary Complaints, Decisions and Other Information - SEC Approves on an Accelerated Basis FINRA Rule Change Relating to Margin...more
In this issue: - Mary Jo White, Nominee for Chair of the SEC, Appears Before Senate Banking Committee - SEC Proposes Rules Regarding Technology Systems - FINRA Amends Rules to Address Extraordinary Market...more