Pursuant to regulations promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act, entities that make a market in swaps, hold themselves out as dealers in swaps or regularly enter into swaps for their own accounts are required to register as swap dealers with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC). However, pursuant to CFTC regulations finalized in 2012, certain entities do not need to register as swap dealers.
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