On Monday, November 27, 2021, the National Futures Association (NFA) submitted to the CFTC proposed amendments to NFA Compliance Rule 2-7 to exclude associated persons (APs), designated as “swap” APs, from the Branch Office...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Amends Disclosure Rules for Registered Debt Offerings - On March 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the financial disclosure requirements for registered debt offerings...more
By letters to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) dated August 29, 2019, the National Futures Association (“NFA”), the self-regulatory organization for the U.S. derivatives industry, submitted proposed...more
CFTC - CFTC Proposes Rule to Amend Regulation 160.30 - On November 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published a proposed rule that would amend CFTC Regulation 160.30 by establishing specific...more
BROKER-DEALER - FINRA Warns Investors of Potential Stock Fraud in Wake of Hurricane Dorian - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released an investor alert cautioning investors of potential...more
The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) recently issued answers to Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) regarding CFTC Form CPO-PQR applicable to...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) has issued Notice I-15-28, which discusses the legal entity identifiers (LEIs) that are now being used in the NFA’s swap dealer/major swap participant registry (SD/MSP Registry). The...more
The National Futures Association (NFA) adopted on October 23, 2015 an “Interpretive Notice to NFA Compliance Rules 2-9, 2-36, and 2-49: Information Systems Security Programs” (Notice). The Notice requires each NFA Member to...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) unanimously approved a final rule (“Final Rule”) that formally extends the existing registered futures association (“RFA”) membership requirement to registered introducing...more
The National Futures Association (“NFA”) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) on August 28, 2015 a proposed Interpretive Notice (“Proposed Guidance”) for CFTC’s approval, which provides guidance to...more
The reporting relief applies to commodity trading advisors that do not “direct” trading of any client commodity interest trading accounts. On July 23, the CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight issued...more
On May 29, the National Futures Association provided notice to its members of the unanimous approval by the NFA Board of Directors (Board) of proposed amendments to NFA’s Articles of Incorporation. Subject to approval by...more
Beginning April 1, National Futures Association (NFA) will require its member swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs) to complete the SD-MSP Annual Questionnaire as part of its annual membership renewal process....more
On January 23, the National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice informing its members that the annual reports required by NFA rules to be submitted by the chief compliance officer (CCO) of a swap dealer (SD) or major...more