NFA Chairman Chris Hehmeyer Talks Bankruptcy Reform
Confirmations: NFA and CME’s Financial Match.com
Daily Reports: Tell Us Where The Money Is
Customer Segregation: Keep It Separate
Derivatives Attorney Jim Falvey Discusses the MF Global bankruptcy, the Volcker Rule & Compliance Issues Related to Dodd-Frank
Controller of FCM Named in CFTC Complaint, Along with Firm, for Failure to Timely Notify Commission of Segregation Breach: Cunningham Commodities, LLC, a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures...more
In 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission amended CFTC Regulation 1.22 to require a futures commission merchant (FCM) to maintain its own funds (i.e., residual interest) in customer segregated accounts in an amount...more
On June 19, the National Futures Association (NFA) issued a notice to its members regarding the implementation of the second phase of the segregated account balance reporting requirements under Section 4 of the NFA’s...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published proposed rules that are designed to increase protections for customers and customer funds held by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivatives clearing organizations...more
On October 4, the CFTC released guidance to registered futures commissions merchants (FCMs) which identifies a situation whereby FCMs may be inappropriately utilizing an omnibus account with their clearing FCM in which they...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight has issued guidance clarifying that futures commission merchants (FCMs) may not maintain customer segregated funds (i.e.,...more