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Holland & Knight LLP

CFTC Seeks Comments on Use of AI in Derivatives Markets

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a request for comment (RFC) seeking public input on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in CFTC-regulated markets. The RFC – distributed jointly by the CFTC's...more

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National Futures Association to Expand Compliance Rulebook to Address Member Activities in Spot Digital Asset Commodities

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On February 28, 2023, the National Futures Association (NFA), the self-regulatory organization for U.S. derivatives market participants, submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval a new...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Sanctions Registered CTA for Operating Unregistered SEF

On September 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published an order settling charges against Asset Risk Management, LLC (“ARM”), a registered commodity trading advisor (“CTA”) headquartered in Houston,...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

CFTC Releases Interim Report into April WTI Futures Price Collapse; Commissioner Berkovitz Issues Scathing Critique

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently issued an interim report by CFTC Staff on the April 2020 price collapse of the West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude oil futures contract (WTI Futures Contract)....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

COVID-19 Implications for the OTC Derivatives Markets

With the continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, its full implications remain unknown. For OTC derivatives market participants, COVID-19 raises a number of considerations that firms should take into...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Opportunistic Strategies in the CDS Market: Market Manipulation and the Eye of the Beholder

Over the past several years, a number of transactions in the credit default swap (CDS) market have been scrutinized by the public, market participants and regulators. These transactions — which we have labeled as...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Rapidly Shifting Regulatory Landscape for Virtual Currencies | Market Participants: Stay Tuned

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As US regulators have been active in terms of virtual currency regulation, there are three important updates to which attention should be paid. The New York State DFS guidance, the FinCEN letter to Senator Wyden and the...more

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Traders and Compliance Professionals Take Note: Phase One of New BIS “Global Code” Establishes “Best Practices” in the Foreign...

Limitations on Use of Confidential Information is Prominent in the New Standards Continuing Recent Enforcement Trend in the Commodities and Derivatives Markets - On May 26, 2016, the Foreign Exchange Working Group...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Announces Upcoming Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting

The CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on September 22 to address speculative positions limits for agricultural commodities and other agricultural market issues. Interested members of the public...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CFTC Staff to Host Position Limits and Aggregation Roundtable

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Market participants are encouraged to submit further comments to the Commission. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 27, 2014 announced that it will hold a public roundtable at the CFTC on Thursday,...more

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