The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order to ICE Trade Vault, LLC that adds two additional asset classes of swaps—interest rate and foreign exchange—to the list of asset classes that ICE Trade Vault may...more
The Division of Clearing and Risk of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has further extended temporary no-action relief to Eurex Clearing AG and its clearing members that are US persons, which authorizes US clearing...more
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has extended no-action relief from certain of the CFTC’s ownership and control reporting (OCR) regulations, including electronic reporting via new...more
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ISS Publishes Results of 2015–2016 Annual Global Policy Survey -
On September 28, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading proxy advisory firm, published the results of its 2015–2016...more
10/5/2015
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Broker-Dealer ,
Bylaws ,
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Derivatives ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Director Compensation ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
GAAP ,
Independent Boards ,
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Proxy Access Rule ,
Proxy Season ,
Regulation Technical Standards (RTS) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Trade Market Abuse
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has granted registration to Nodal Clear, LLC as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). Pursuant to the registration order, Nodal Clear may clear contracts executed on or through...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking public comment on a petition by the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) for an order of exemption from registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO)....more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has modified its position aggregation proposal, which initially was proposed on November 15, 2013. Under the 2013 proposal, an entity owning 50 percent or more of another entity would...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk and Division of Market Oversight have issued guidance to derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) that use a “firm or forced trades” process to...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) has issued an interpretation on the consistency between Part 39 of CFTC Regulations and the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures. The...more
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SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Makes Recommendations -
On September 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (Advisory...more
9/28/2015
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Asset Diversification ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Derivatives ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
FDIC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Finders ,
Investment Funds ,
IRS ,
Mutual Funds ,
Registration Requirement ,
Rule 147 ,
SEC Advisory Committee ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supervision ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK
The CFTC has adopted a rule, Rule 170.17, requiring all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and certain commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to become a member of a registered futures...more
The CFTC has announced that it has initiated a Registration Deficiency List (RED List), which identifies unregistered foreign entities that the CFTC believes may be illegally soliciting and/or accepting funds from US...more
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US District Court Orders SEC To Revise Resource Extraction Issuer Rule -
On September 2, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the SEC to file with the District Court in 30...more
9/14/2015
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Broker-Dealer ,
C-Suite Executives ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Consultation ,
Corporate Executive Boards ,
Failure To Disclose ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Funds ,
Major Swap Participants ,
NFA ,
NYSE ,
Oxfam America ,
Resource Extraction ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Trade Market Abuse ,
UCITS ,
UK
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved amendments to National Futures Association’s (NFA’s) rules and an accompanying interpretive notice governing Forex Dealer Members (FDMs). Specifically, the rule amendments...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued orders granting foreign board of trade (FBOT) registration to ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and Montreal Exchange Inc. The orders of registration permit US market participants to...more
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SEC Decreases Registration Statement Filing Fees for Fiscal Year 2016 -
On August 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, effective October 1, the fees that public companies and...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed to amend Part 45 of its regulations insofar as they relate to the reporting to a swaps data repository of swaps that are cleared by a derivatives clearing organization...more
In this issue:
- US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Upholds Decision on Conflict Minerals Rule
- CFTC Issues Order of Exemption From Registration as a DCO to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited and...more
8/24/2015
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CFTC ,
Conflict Mineral Rules ,
Derivatives ,
EMIR ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Registration Requirement ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swap Clearing ,
Swaps ,
Websites
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at the request of ICE Futures U.S., has granted a 45-day extension of the public comment period with respect to its proposed amendments to certain...more
National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a notice requiring all commodity pool operators (CPOs) that have filed a notice of claim under Commodity Futures Trading Commission Letter No. 14-112 to submit an additional...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on July 29. The Advisory Committee will discuss how energy and environmental markets would be affected...more
In this issue:
- Court of Appeals for Third Circuit Overturns District Court Ruling Regarding Exclusion of Shareholder Proposal From Proxy Statement
- FINRA Updates Its Interpretation of the SEC's Financial...more
7/20/2015
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CFTC ,
CPOs ,
DSIO ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Forward Contracts ,
Oil & Gas ,
Price Manipulation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Shareholders ,
UK
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
In This Issue:
- SEC Denies Motion to Stay Regulation A+
- SEC Requests Public Comment on ETPs
- CFTC Further Extends Valuation Data Reporting Relief for SDs and MSPs
- Eleventh Circuit Upholds...more
6/22/2015
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AMF ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Brokers ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Corporate Governance ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
FDIC ,
Food Commodities ,
Insider Trading ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Regulation A ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wire Fraud
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has requested public comment on an application by Nodal Clear, LLC for registration as a derivatives clearing organization. Comments on the application may be submitted by June 8...more