Open for Business: SEFs Navigate the New Regulatory Environment
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
In November 2020, the CFTC published two no-action letters extending previously granted no-action relief related to Brexit. The relief was intended to provide “greater certainty to the global marketplace” in connection with...more
On July 27, 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) proposed amendments to its rules (“Proposed Rules”) that loosen the conditions for exemption from registration as a futures commission merchant (“FCM”),...more
On August 18, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Letter No. 14-108, which provides time-limited conditional relief to swap execution facilities (SEFs) from certain...more