Keith Ross on HFT, Reg NMS and Dark Pools
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) formally withdrew its highly controversial “Regulation Automated Trading” (Reg AT). - In its place, the CFTC proposed principles-based rules applicable to designated...more
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on June 25 withdrew from consideration Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT), along with its comprehensive registration and “AT Person” designation regime, and instead...more
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a Field Assistance Bulletin on June 24, 2020, announcing that it will not routinely assess pre-litigation liquidated damages as part of the settlement process for claims under the Fair...more
On June 25, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) held an open meeting and voted unanimously to approve a final rule prohibiting post-trade name give-up for swaps executed anonymously on a swap...more
Regulation AT – An Update - From the time Regulation AT was initially proposed by the CFTC over a year ago, the CFTC has solicited and considered numerous comment letters, held a public roundtable, supplemented the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an amendment to the Regulation AT framework it originally proposed in December 2015 for automated trading on U.S. derivatives exchanges. Addressing the issues raised in the...more
On November 4, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) approved, by a 2 – 1 vote, a supplemental proposal (“Reg AT Supplemental Proposal”) that amends a 2015 proposed rule related to...more
An Overview of Proposed Regulation AT - Orrick attorneys authored an overview of Regulation Automated Trading (known as "Regulation AT") proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") in the May/June 2016...more
On June 10, 2016, Staff for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) held a public roundtable to discuss its proposed Regulation Automated Trading (“Regulation AT”). The CFTC proposed Regulation AT in an attempt to...more