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
In two interpretive letters issued on October 11, 2012 (collectively, the “Interpretive Letters”), the Division of Swap Dealers and Intermediary Oversight (the “Division”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a final interpretive statement to provide guidance to foreign regulators and swap data repositories (SDRs) regarding the confidentiality and indemnification provisions of...more
On October 12, CFTC Staff Interpretive Letter 12-19 provided guidance with respect to the interpretation of bona fide hedging under CFTC Regulations. Under Rule 4.5 of the CFTC’s Regulations, advisers may be excluded from the...more
In a no-action letter issued on October 12, 2012 (the “No-Action Letter”), the Office of the General Counsel (“OGC”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) clarified a number of matters relating to the...more