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Compliance Advice on SEC’s Market Access Rule from Julie Dixon of Titan Regulation [Video]

SEC Rule 15c3-5 (“Market Access Rule”), finalized in November 2010, is the commission’s response to the May 6, 2010 “flash crash” in which the U.S. equity market plunged nearly ten percent in a matter of minutes, then quickly...more

Imminent Dodd-Frank Compliance Issues for Users of Swaps and Derivatives

Implementation of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) affecting users of swaps and derivatives has been moving forward. Numerous rules of the Commodity Futures...more

Gone In 60 Seconds: CFTC’s New Rule Will Force Rejections

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) new 60-second rule will require futures commission merchants (FCMs) to have a maximum of 60-seconds to accept or reject a trade for clearing. Risk reports that the CFTC...more