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CFTC Divisions Interpret "U.S. Person" Definition and U.S. Location Versus Foreign Location

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A 2024 CFTC enforcement action settlement that may have introduced a new test for when the Commodity Exchange Act and the agency's regulations apply on a cross-border basis concerned then-CFTC Commissioner and now Acting CFTC...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFTC Staff Issue Interpretive Guidance on Cross-Border Definitions

The CFTC staff have issued interpretative guidance regarding the application of cross-border definitions under the CFTC’s regulatory regimes covering swaps, foreign futures and foreign options transactions, and foreign boards...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

ISDA Publishes Updated General Disclosure Statement for Transactions

In 2013, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) started publishing the General Disclosure Statement for Transactions document (“General Disclosure”) with annexes containing disclosures of risks that are...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Adopts New Rules Regarding Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies

On Oct. 28, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt a new rule (Rule 18f-4) and other related amendments, significantly altering the regulatory framework for derivatives use by registered investment...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC proposes simplification of derivatives rules for closed-end, other funds

The SEC voted to propose a rule designed to enhance the regulation of the use of derivatives by registered investment companies, including closed-end funds, as well as mutual funds, ETFs and business development companies....more

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