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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Shifting Signals, April 2025 - Relief for Swap Dealer Pre-Trade Disclosures

On April 4, 2025, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Market Participants Division ("MPD") issued compliance relief for registered swap dealers ("SDs") from the requirement to provide the so-called...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CFTC Eliminates PTMMM Disclosure Requirements for Swap Entities

On April 4, 2025, the CFTC's Division of Market Participants issued No-Action Letter 25-09 regarding the controversial Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark ("PTMMM") requirements in CFTC Regulation 23.431, effectively eliminating the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

After 12 Enforcement Actions and 9 No-Action Letters, CFTC Staff Effectively Repeals the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively eliminates the pre-trade mid-market mark (PTMMM) disclosure requirement for uncleared...more

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2020 Digital Asset Regulatory Lookback (US Edition)

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Regulators once again offered piecemeal guidance, while focusing on risks and enforcement. Meanwhile, innovation and institutional adoption took off. Last year, Latham & Watkins sounded a hopeful note that 2020 would provide...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Extension of Brexit No-Action Letters

In November 2020, the CFTC published two no-action letters extending previously granted no-action relief related to Brexit. The relief was intended to provide “greater certainty to the global marketplace” in connection with...more

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CFTC Issues Additional Relief in Response to COVID-19

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently issued more no-action letters in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, providing relief from capital requirements and fingerprint requirements....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

An Illusory Promise or Real Change? Transition at CFTC Brings Hope for Dodd-Frank Act Revisions

Over the past five years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled 20 enforcement actions against financial institutions for violations of various Dodd-Frank Act regulatory requirements (i.e., rules other...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Codifies Registration and Reporting Relief for Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) approved the publication of two releases (the “Final Rules”) on November 25, 2019, adopting final amendments to Part 4 of the CFTC Rules which codify and expand a number...more

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Wind of Change - The Year FinTech Came in From the Cold - Polsinelli BitBlog: Year End Edition

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Digital assets and Blockchain technologies which were once described as the tools of criminals, are now a key part of efforts by traditional financial services firms to transform their businesses and innovative firms looking...more

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CFTC Staff No-Action Relief Allowing Additional Swap Activity for a Bank Relying on the IDI Exclusion from Swap Dealer...

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On August 28, 2018, the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a staff no-action letter allowing an anonymous individual financial institution...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - November 2017

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts - SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues No-Action Letters to Facilitate Cross-Border Compliance with the Research “Unbundling” Provisions of the European...more

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