The Commodity Futures Trading Commission obtained orders from a federal court in New York concluding its first-filed enforcement action against persons for bitcoin fraud. However, the outcome of an unrelated action having...more
Supplemental CFTC Regulation AT Proposal Generally Criticized as Too Prescriptive: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's November 2016 amended proposed rules to address algorithmic trading and users of algorithmic...more
This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more
Proposed Regulation AT Amended by CFTC; Attempts to Reduce Universe of Most Affected to No More Than 120 Persons - On Friday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking...more
Registration Based on Quantitative Test Likely to Be Part of Supplemental Regulation AT, Suggests CFTC Chairman - Timothy Massad, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, indicated last week that he...more
Michael Coscia Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment for Spoofing and Commodity Fraud: Michael Coscia, the first person prosecuted and convicted under a law prohibiting spoofing that was enacted after the 2007-2008...more
Broker-Dealer Sanctioned US $415 Million by SEC for Violating Customer Protection Requirements: Two Merrill Lynch entities agreed to pay sanctions of US $415 million to resolve charges brought by the Securities and...more
CFTC Hosts Regulation AT Roundtable; Chairman Implies Risk Rules Sufficient for 2016: Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sponsored a roundtable on proposed Regulation Automated Trading last Friday. The...more