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Swap Execution Facilities

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Decade-Long Death of Footnote 195

Sometimes a small footnote (which technically is not even a part of the official Federal rule) may have an outsize impact on the rule itself. In 2013, subsequent to the enactment of the Dodd Frank Act of 2010, the Commodity...more

Jones Day

The CFTC Proposes Expansive Business and Governance Rules for Registered Derivatives Markets

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") recently proposed new and modified conflicts of interest, fitness, and governance regulations for swap execution facilities ("SEFs") and designated contract markets ("DCMs")....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 2

Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CFTC Proposes Simplified Rules for SEF and DCM Governance, Independence and Mitigating Conflicts of Interest

Seeking to ensure that designated contract markets (DCMs) and swap execution facilities (SEFs) adequately incorporate an independent perspective, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new rules and...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

CFTC Wades into DeFi Enforcement Again

Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against three decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols for various registration and related violations under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Issues Advisory on Prime Brokerage Arrangements on SEFs and DCO Registration Requirements

On May 17, the staff of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR”) issued an advisory (“Advisory”) that encourages entities using prime brokerage (“PB”) arrangements that provide...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposed “Made Available to Trade” Determination for SOFR and SONIA Swaps

On April 12, 2023, Tradeweb’s Swap Execution Facility, TW SEF LLC, filed a self-certification for certain overnight index swaps (OIS) referencing USD Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or GBP Sterling Overnight Index...more

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CFTC Goes Beyond the Law to Pursue Nonexistent "Markets"

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In Short - The Situation: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") staff have issued—and the Commission is now enforcing—a new interpretation of "swap execution facility" that expands the Commodity Exchange Act's...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Expanding Regulatory Reach over Intermediaries That May Constitute Regulated Exchanges

In response to changes in business practices, regulations and laws eventually change, too.  During the past few years derivatives markets are witnessing this change as it applies to trading facilities as well as to entities...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

InDepth: CFTC’s Regulatory Priorities for 2023

Much like taxes and mortality, it is certain that during 2023 the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) will promulgate new rules, issue interpretation and guidance, issue no-action letters, engage in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC Sanctions Registered CTA for Operating Unregistered SEF

On September 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published an order settling charges against Asset Risk Management, LLC (“ARM”), a registered commodity trading advisor (“CTA”) headquartered in Houston,...more

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CFTC Attempts to Extend Liability to DAO Participants

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In a first of its kind enforcement action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) is attempting to hold participating members of a decentralized autonomous organization (“DAO”) liable for alleged violations of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC’s Swap Reporting Advisory

Accurate and timely reporting of swap data is the cornerstone of swap regulation. The CFTC had promulgated its swap reporting rules in 2012, and were after 2012 among the first rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Live from FIA L&C: Redefining the Scope of a “Trading Facility”

This week, attendees at the FIA L&C conference are gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first time in three years to discuss several issues with significant potential impact on the markets. One such issue is redefining the...more

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Who Would Have Predicted It? Polymarket Settles for Operating Unregistered Swap Execution Facility

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On January 3, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced an order against and settlement with Polymarket, a blockchain-enabled prediction market that allows users to “bet” on the occurrence of certain...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

“SOFR First” Initiative Takes Flight

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As the countdown to the LIBOR sunset enters its final six months, the CFTC staff is trying to help the market transition. With less than six months to go before the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) expires on December...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Decoding Derivatives – Q1 2021

Europcar Drives CDS Down a Familiar Path - When Europcar defaulted on its debt, buyers of approximately $100 million of credit default swap (CDS) protection expected significant payouts due to the anticipated low recovery on...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 Amends Real-Time Swap Public Reporting Requirements

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unanimously approved amendments to the real-time swap reporting rules in Part 43 of the CFTC’s regulations by, among other things, clarifying the applicability of the rules...more

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Final CFTC Rules Prohibit Post–Trade Name Give-Up for Swaps

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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted final rules on June 25 prohibiting post–trade name give-up for anonymously executed and intended-to-be-cleared swaps effected on swap execution facilities....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Finalizes Post-Trade Name Give-Up Rule, Introduces New Electronic Trading Proposal

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

A&O Shearman

CFTC Approves Proposed Rule on Post-Trade Name Give-Up on Swap Execution Facilities

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In the wake of significant market discussion, the CFTC has proposed an amendment to Part 37 of the Commission’s regulations to eliminate the practice of “post-trade name give-up” for swaps traded on certain swap execution...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Proposes To Ease Certain Swap Execution Facility Rules

On January 30, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unanimously approved proposed amendments (SEF Proposed Rules) to CFTC regulations related to the execution of package transactions, the correction of error...more

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CFTC Ends 2019 with Rulemaking Flurry

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) at year-end issued one final and two proposed rulemakings. The proposed rules are potentially significant for all swap market participants, and the final rules are...more

K&L Gates LLP

CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for Floor Traders to Exclude SEF-Executed Cleared Swaps from the Swap Dealer De Minimis Calculation

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Introduction - On June 27, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued no-action relief for floor traders to “encourage new liquidity providers to trade cleared swaps on registered venues without...more

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