Futures

CFTC To Propose New Rule On Position Limits By June

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 5/16/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intends to will reveal it’s new rule on speculative positions limits within the next six weeks. ...more

CFTC To Investigate EFS Trades In Energy And Metal Markets

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 5/15/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commision (CFTC) is investigating a large number of trades in energy and metal markets to determine whether traders illegally used over-the-counter swaps markets to trade futures....more

Federal Reserve Board Issues Final Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions Rule

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/17/2013

On April 9, the Federal Reserve Board published a final rule that allows supervised entities to engage in off-exchange foreign currency transactions with retail customers. Covered transactions include foreign exchange...more

NFA Chairman Chris Hehmeyer Talks Bankruptcy Reform [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 4/2/2013

One of the issues that emerged from the MF Global collapse was the complex and often frustrating US bankruptcy process. In the case of MF Global, futures customers’ claims were lumped in with other creditors. As such, it took...more

Japan Launches LNG Futures Contract

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 4/1/2013

Japan plans to launch the world’s first futures contract for liquefied natural gas, also known as LNG. This marks the country’s latest step toward creating a global market for fuel....more

CME Strives To Expand European Business Before New Exchange

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 3/29/2013

The world’s largest futures exchange, CME Group Inc., is pushing to expand its European business as it begins a new London-based market, while IntercontinentalExchange Inc. advances their planned purchase of NYSE Euronext....more

Court Rules FERC Does Not Have Authority to Fine Trader for Manipulation of Futures Contracts

by Kenneth M. Rosenzweig, Tanja Samardzija | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/26/2013

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fined a natural gas trader $30 million for manipulating the settlement price for natural gas futures contracts on the New York...more

An Update on SEF, IDB and Swap Regulation from Chris Ferreri of ICAP [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 3/26/2013

Chris Ferreri is a managing director at ICAP North America, where he oversees ICAP ETC, the company’s hybrid brokered OTC solution. He was the first chairman of the Wholesale Markets Brokers’ Association Americas Inc. (WMBA...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - March 22, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/25/2013

In this issue: - NASDAQ Proposes Internal Audit Function Requirement for Listed Issuers - FINRA’s Frequently Asked Questions on Electronic Blue Sheet Submissions Updated Regarding Order Execution Time -...more

DC Circuit Tells FERC That CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Manipulation In Futures Markets Even If It Impacts FERC Markets

by Robert Fallon | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 3/20/2013

On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over...more

FERC Lacks Authority To Regulate Natural Gas Futures Contracts, D.C. Circuit Rules

by Jack N. Semrani, Dena E. Wiggins | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided today that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over all transactions involving commodity futures contracts and that the Federal...more

CFTC Charges Agape Entities With Futures Trading Scheme

by Elan Mendel | Shipkevich PLLC on 3/1/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Agape World, Inc. and Agape Merchant Advance with defrauding customers of tens of millions of dollars in a commodity futures trading scheme. The CFTC’s press...more

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/26/2013

Attached please find the updated Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart, current as of February 21, 2013. All prior versions are superseded and should be discarded. Neither the CFTC nor the SEC has...more

CFTC Orders Enskilda Futures To Pay $125,000 For Margin Errors

by Felix Shipkevich | Shipkevich PLLC on 2/20/2013

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

CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 2/13/2013

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

Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 2/13/2013

Watch the Restoring Customer Confidence video series: http://jlne.ws/TJeVtG About this solution: In the months and days since MF Global’s collapse and the Peregrine Financial Group’s fraud, some have argued simply for...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - February 8, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/11/2013

In this issue: - ISS Announces ISS Governance QuickScore to Replace GRId - Petitioners File Opening Brief Challenging SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule - SEC Roundtable Discusses Decimalization and Tick Sizes -...more

Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC [Video]

by MarketsReformWiki on 2/5/2013

Watch the Restoring Customer Confidence video series: http://jlne.ws/TJeVtG About this solution: If there is one solution to restoring customer confidence in futures that has been talked about more than any other, it...more

Legal Alert: Court Rejects Safe Harbor Defenses for Futures Customers

by Cheryl I. Aaron, James M. Cain, Doyle Campbell, Kalaundra Y. Carreathers, Warren N. Davis, Jacob Dweck, Daphne G. Frydman, Meghan R. Gruebner, Alexander S. Holtan, Meltem F. Kodaman, more +Catherine M. Krupka, David T. McIndoe, Raymond A. Ramirez, Mark D. Sherrill, R. Michael Sweeney, Jr. | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 2/1/2013

On January 4, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion that strikes a significant blow against the rights of futures customers that might otherwise enjoy the Bankruptcy Code’s safe...more

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CFTC To Propose New Rule On Position Limits By June

CFTC To Investigate EFS Trades In Energy And Metal Markets

Federal Reserve Board Issues Final Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions Rule

NFA Chairman Chris Hehmeyer Talks Bankruptcy Reform [Video]

Japan Launches LNG Futures Contract

CME Strives To Expand European Business Before New Exchange

Court Rules FERC Does Not Have Authority to Fine Trader for Manipulation of Futures Contracts

An Update on SEF, IDB and Swap Regulation from Chris Ferreri of ICAP [Video]

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - March 22, 2013

DC Circuit Tells FERC That CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Manipulation In Futures Markets Even If It Impacts FERC Markets

FERC Lacks Authority To Regulate Natural Gas Futures Contracts, D.C. Circuit Rules

CFTC Charges Agape Entities With Futures Trading Scheme

Foreign Listed Stock Index Futures and Options Approvals Chart

CFTC Orders Enskilda Futures To Pay $125,000 For Margin Errors

CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs [Video]

Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is [Video]

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - February 8, 2013

Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC [Video]

Legal Alert: Court Rejects Safe Harbor Defenses for Futures Customers

Customer Protection Fund: Building a Better Piggy Bank [Video]

Recent CFTC Changes and Looming Deadlines

CFTC Sues Ex-Goldman Sachs Trader; Gets Sued by CME Group

CFTC Proposal for Enhanced FCM and DCO Protections

CFTC Adopts Final Rules Incorporating Swaps into Existing Regulations

CFTC Final Rule to Incorporate Swaps into Existing Regulations

NFA Chairman Chris Hehmeyer Talks Bankruptcy Reform [Video]

An Update on SEF, IDB and Swap Regulation from Chris Ferreri of ICAP [Video]

CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs [Video]

Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is [Video]

Customer Protection Fund: Slip it to SIPC [Video]

Customer Protection Fund: Building a Better Piggy Bank [Video]

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