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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

COVID-19: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for Market Participants

On March 17, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for Derivatives Market IBOR Transition

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While not unlimited, the relief is welcome for counterparties seeking to transition to risk-free rates for legacy swaps. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued no-action relief to help market...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

CFTC Divisions Release 2019 Enforcement Priorities

In a regulatory first, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced its 2019 examination priorities for registrants of the Division of Market Oversight (DMO), the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Launches Review of Swap Reporting Regulations

On July 10, 2017, the Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced the launch of a comprehensive review of the swap data reporting regulations1 adopted by the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - August 2015 #4

CME Group Files Disciplinary Actions for Trading Ahead of Block Trades and Failure to Supervise an Employee Engaging in Disruptive Trading Activities - In two cases of first impression, CME Group exchanges brought and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Division of Market Oversight Holds Roundtable to Assess the Made Available to Trade Process

On Wednesday, July 15, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”) hosted a public roundtable to discuss the process to determine whether a swap must be executed on an...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Further Extends Valuation Data Reporting Relief for SDs and MSPs

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) has further extended no-action relief from the valuation data reporting requirements for cleared swaps under CFTC Regulation 45.4(b)(2)(ii)....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Letters Relating to Swaps Trading Platforms in Australia

On May 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued two no-action letters granting relief to certain swaps trading platforms in Australia and participants executing swaps transactions on such platforms....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"CFTC Proposes to Reduce Trade Option Reporting Requirements for Commercial End-Users"

Trade options are physically settled over-the-counter options on most deliverable commodities (e.g., agricultural, energy, or metals) where the buyer is a producer, processor, commercial user or merchant of the commodity...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Issues Updated Relief for Cross-Border Trading of Swaps on Qualifying Multilateral Trading Facilities in the European Union

On April 9, 2014, the Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) (together, the Divisions) of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFTC No-Action Letter Allows Most End Users To Report All Trade Options On Annual Aggregate Basis

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight (DMO) has issued a no-action letter that will allow most swaps end users to report all trade options on an annual aggregate basis. Trade options are commodity options (which include some...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

CFTC Reminds All Swap Counterparties Of April 10 Deadline To Obtain A CICI Identifier

The Division of Market Oversight, or DMO, and Office of Data and Technology, or ODT of the CFTC have issued an advisory reminding all swap counterparties of the imminent April 10, 2013, deadline for each counterparty to...more

Morgan Lewis

Temporary Relief for Swap Data Reporting Requirements

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CFTC issues no-action letter establishing uniform compliance dates and temporary relief for reporting of swap transaction data for swap dealers. On November 19, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's)...more

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